Research Catalog

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

Subject

• Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373
• Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History > Early church, ca. 30-600
• Bible
• 30-600
• Hymns, Syriac > History and criticism
• Christian literature, Early > Syriac authors > History and criticism
• Hymns, Syriac

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 ; 5

The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

Christianity 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