Brock Mary and Joseph, and Other Dialogue Poems on Mary

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4632-1435-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Undetermined, Deutsch, 113 Seiten

Reihe: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity

What was Joseph's reaction when he arrived home to find Mary pregnant? How did Mary manage to persuade him that her child was none other than the Son of God? The Syriac literary tradition had a unique way of answering these sorts of questions raised by the Bible. Dialogue poems (sughyotho) offer lively, thought-provoking, and often delightful re-imaginings of Biblical events. They expand the Biblical stories, giving the familiar characters more dialogue and describing their inner thoughts. The collection provides five dialogue poems featuring Mary, in Syriac original with facing English translation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brock, Sebastian P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Introduction (page 7)
- Syriac Introduction (page 13)
- Texts and Translations (page 15)
- I. Mary and the Angel (page 15)
- II. Mary and Joseph (page 37)
- III. Mary and the Magi (page 55)
- IV-V. Mary and the Gardener (page 75)
- IV. Mary and the Gardener (East Syriac poem) (page 76)
- V. Mary and the Gardener (West Syriac poem) (page 82)
- Annotation (page 93)
- Abbreviations (page 93)
- I. Mary and the Angel (page 93)
- II. Mary and Joseph (page 95)
- III. Mary and the Magi (page 95)
- IV-V. Mary and teh Gardener (page 96)
- Selected Bibliography (page 99)
- (a) Dialogue and dispute poems (page 99)
- (b) Mary in Syriac tradition (page 99)
- Appendix: Dialogue Sughyotho (page 103)
- Old Testament (page 103)
- New Testament (page 104)
- Other Topics (in alphabetical order) (page 107)
- (a) Personifications (page 107)
- (b) Individuals (page 109)
- Index of Names and Themes (page 111)
- Index of Biblical References (page 113)