Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia
Ephrem’s Hymns on Faith
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2019
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-30286-0 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-30286-0 (ISBN)
Ephrem the Syrian was one of the founding voices in Syriac literature. While he wrote in a variety of genres, the bulk of his work took the form of madrashe, a Syriac genre of musical poetry or hymns. In Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia, Jeffrey Wickes offers a thoroughly contextualized study of Ephrem’s magnum opus, the Hymns on Faith, delivered in response to the theological controversies that followed the First Council of Nicaea. The ensuing doctrinal divisions had tremendous impact on the course of Christianity and led in part to the development of a uniquely Syriac Church, in which Ephrem would become a central figure. Drawing on literary, ritual, and performance theories, Bible and Poetry shows how Ephrem used the Syriac Bible to construct and conceive of himself and his audience. In so doing, Wickes resituates Ephrem in a broader early Christian context and contributes to discussions of literature and religion in late antiquity.
Jeffrey Wickes is Assistant Professor of Early Christianity at Saint Louis University.
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Note to the Reader
Introduction
PART ONE. EPHREM AND THE LATE ANTIQUE WORLD
1. Ephrem’s Madrashe on Faith in Context
2. Investigation
PART TWO. THE BIBLICAL POETICS OF THE MADRASHE ON FAITH
3. Bible, Polemics, and Language
4. The Poet’s “I”
5. Audience and the Vision of the Text
6. A Divine Son
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Bible References
General Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.03.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Christianity in Late Antiquity ; 5 |
| Verlagsort | Berkerley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 907 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-520-30286-9 / 0520302869 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-30286-0 / 9780520302860 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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