Hayes Icons of the Heavenly Merchant

Ephrem and Pseudo-Ephrem in the Madrashe in Praise of Abraham of Qidun
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3650-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 421 Seiten

Reihe: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies

A detailed study of a cycle of fourth-century liturgical poems, in Syriac, dedicated to a great pioneer of the Syriac ascetical tradition. Hayes analyzes its various portraits of the saint, shaded differently by Ephrem and his later imitators.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hayes, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Östliche & Orientalische Orthodoxe Kirchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 7)
- Acknowledgments (page 11)
- Abbreviations (page 13)
- A Brief Explanation of Transliteration and Other Spelling Conventions (page 15)
- Presenting and Re-Presenting Saints: An introduction to Ephrem the Syrian and Abraham of Qidun (page 17)
- Chapter I: The Text and its Interpreters (page 45)
- Chapter II: Pigments on the Palette: Language and Imagery in the Cycle (page 85)
- Chapter III: The Pigments Remixed: Prominent Vocabulary and Imagery in the Second Half of the Cycle (page 125)
- Chapter IV: Canons of Verbal Iconography: Rhetorical Devices & Polarity in the Cycle (page 143)
- Chapter V: The Canons Re-Codified: Rhetorical Devices and Polarity in the Pseudo-Ephremian Portion (page 177)
- Chapter VI: Rhetoric of the Madrasa: Rhetorical Strategy, Structural Patterns, and the Theology of the Icon (page 199)
- Chapter VII: Strategy, Structure and Theology in the Icon of Pseudo-Ephrem (page 249)
- Chapter VIII: Conclusions: Ephrem's Theology of Asceticism and Virtue (page 281)
- Appendix A: Further charts (page 299)
- Appendix B: Annotated Translation of the Cycle (page 323)
- Bibliography (page 407)