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Autore |
Hayes Andrew <1982-> |
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Icons of the heavenly merchant : Ephrem and Pseudo-Ephrem in the Madrashe in praise of Abraham of Qidun / / Andrew Hayes |
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Piscataway, New Jersey : , : Gorgias Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 405 pages) |
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Collana |
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Gorgias Eastern Christianity studies ; ; 45 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, <303-373.> |
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RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF TRANSLITERATION AND OTHER SPELLING CONVENTIONS -- PRESENTING AND RE-PRESENTING SAINTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO EPHREM THE SYRIAN AND ABRAHAM OF QÎDÛN -- CHAPTER I: THE TEXT AND ITS INTERPRETERS -- CHAPTER II: PIGMENTS ON THE PALETTE: LANGUAGE AND IMAGERY IN THE CYCLE -- CHAPTER III: THE PIGMENTS REMIXED: PROMINENT VOCABULARY AND IMAGERY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE CYCLE -- CHAPTER IV: CANONS OF VERBAL ICONOGRAPHY: RHETORICAL DEVICES & POLARITY IN THE CYCLE -- CHAPTER V: THE CANONS RE-CODIFIED: RHETORICAL DEVICES AND POLARITY IN THE PSEUDO-EPHREMIAN PORTION -- CHAPTER VI: RHETORIC OF THE MADRĀŠÂ: RHETORICAL STRATEGY, STRUCTURAL PATTERNS, AND THE THEOLOGY OF THE ICON -- CHAPTER VII: STRATEGY, STRUCTURE, AND THEOLOGY IN THE ICON OF PSEUDO-EPHREM -- CHAPTER VIII: CONCLUSIONS. EPHREM'S THEOLOGY OF ASCETICISM AND VIRTUE -- APPENDIX A: FURTHER CHARTS -- APPENDIX B: ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF THE CYCLE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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