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Bible and poetry in late antique Mesopotamia : Ephrem's Hymns on faith
- Title
- Bible and poetry in late antique Mesopotamia : Ephrem's Hymns on faith / Jeffrey Wickes.
- Author
- Wickes, Jeffrey Thomas
- Publication
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 209 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Ephrem the Syrian (d. 373 C.E.) wrote in a variety of genres, but the bulk of his output took the form of madrashe, a Syriac genre of musical poetry. This book examines Ephrem's largest collection of madrashe, the Madrashe on Faith, a collection in which Ephrem engaged poetically the theological controversies that followed the Council of Nicaea (325 C.E.). Drawing on literary, ritual, and performance theories, Bible and Poetry shows how Ephrem used the Syriac Bible to construct and conceive 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."--
- Series Statement
- Christianity in late antiquity: the official book series of the North American Patristics Society ; 5
- The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
- Uniform Title
- Christianity in late antiquity (North American Patristics Society) ; 5.
- Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
- Alternative Title
- Ephrem's Hymns on faith
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-200) and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part one. Ephrem and the late antique world: Ephrem's Madrashe on faith in context -- Investigation -- Part two. The biblical poetics of the Madrashe on faith -- Bible, polemics, and language -- The poet's "I" -- Audience and the vision of the text -- A divine son.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-10860
- ISBN
- 9780520302860
- 0520302869
- LCCN
- 2018054719
- OCLC
- 1079411478
- Author
- Wickes, Jeffrey Thomas, author.
- Title
- Bible and poetry in late antique Mesopotamia : Ephrem's Hymns on faith / Jeffrey Wickes.
- Publisher
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Christianity in late antiquity: the official book series of the North American Patristics Society ; 5The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literatureChristianity in late antiquity (North American Patristics Society) ; 5.Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-200) and indexes.
- Chronological Term
- 30-600
- Other Form:
- Online version: Wickes, Jeffrey Thomas. Bible and poetry in late antique Mesopotamia. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520972599 (DLC) 2018059589
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-10860