Chris Tomlin brings oldest Christian hymn back to life
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Chris Tomlin brings oldest Christian hymn back to life
“The First Hymn” song & video are available now It is not often that an artifact is a song. Found in Egypt and written 1800 years ago, the lyric and musical notations are the oldest surviving Christian hymn ever found – “The First Hymn.” Known by scholars as “P.Oxy 1786”, this artifact was discovered by […] The post Chris Tomlin brings oldest Christian hymn back to life appeared first on The Music Universe.
Chris Tomlin Resurrects 1,800-year-old ‘First Hymn’
In what could actually be considered a historic moment Grammy-Award winner Chris Tomlin and renowned songwriter Ben Fielding have resurrected an extraordinary artifact—the oldest known Christian hymn. Discovered in the Egyptian sands of Oxyrhynchus in 1918, the artifact known as “P.Oxy 1786” is an astonishing 1,800-year-old hymn containing both ancient lyrics and original musical notations. These sacred words have now been reborn into an epic, p…
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