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Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia - Ephrem's Hymns on Faith (Hardcover)
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Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia - Ephrem's Hymns on Faith (Hardcover)
Series: Christianity in Late Antiquity, 5
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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.
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