LEADER 02796nam 2200481 450 001 9910793412603321 005 20230808204125.0 010 $a1-4632-3650-6 024 7 $a10.31826/9781463236502 035 $a(CKB)4100000008167324 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5907076 035 $a(DE-B1597)504836 035 $a(OCoLC)1100445302 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781463236502 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5907076 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008167324 100 $a20191019d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIcons of the heavenly merchant $eEphrem and Pseudo-Ephrem in the Madrashe in praise of Abraham of Qidun /$fAndrew Hayes 210 1$aPiscataway, New Jersey :$cGorgias Press,$d[2016] 210 4$d©2016 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 405 pages) 225 1 $aGorgias Eastern Christianity studies ;$v45 311 $a1-4632-0414-0 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tTABLE OF CONTENTS -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tABBREVIATIONS -- $tA BRIEF EXPLANATION OF TRANSLITERATION AND OTHER SPELLING CONVENTIONS -- $tPRESENTING AND RE-PRESENTING SAINTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO EPHREM THE SYRIAN AND ABRAHAM OF QÎDÛN -- $tCHAPTER I: THE TEXT AND ITS INTERPRETERS -- $tCHAPTER II: PIGMENTS ON THE PALETTE: LANGUAGE AND IMAGERY IN THE CYCLE -- $tCHAPTER III: THE PIGMENTS REMIXED: PROMINENT VOCABULARY AND IMAGERY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE CYCLE -- $tCHAPTER IV: CANONS OF VERBAL ICONOGRAPHY: RHETORICAL DEVICES & POLARITY IN THE CYCLE -- $tCHAPTER V: THE CANONS RE-CODIFIED: RHETORICAL DEVICES AND POLARITY IN THE PSEUDO-EPHREMIAN PORTION -- $tCHAPTER VI: RHETORIC OF THE MADR??Â: RHETORICAL STRATEGY, STRUCTURAL PATTERNS, AND THE THEOLOGY OF THE ICON -- $tCHAPTER VII: STRATEGY, STRUCTURE, AND THEOLOGY IN THE ICON OF PSEUDO-EPHREM -- $tCHAPTER VIII: CONCLUSIONS. EPHREM'S THEOLOGY OF ASCETICISM AND VIRTUE -- $tAPPENDIX A: FURTHER CHARTS -- $tAPPENDIX B: ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF THE CYCLE -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY 330 $aA detailed study of a cycle of fourth-century liturgical poems, in Syriac, dedicated to a great pioneer of the Syriac ascetical tradition. Hayes analyzes its various portraits of the saint, shaded differently by Ephrem and his later imitators. 410 0$aGorgias Eastern Christianity studies ;$v45. 606 $aRELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox$2bisacsh 615 7$aRELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox. 676 $a270.2092 700 $aHayes$b Andrew$f1982-$01528472 701 $aEphraem$cSyrus, Saint,$f303-373.$0330720 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793412603321 996 $aIcons of the heavenly merchant$93772085 997 $aUNINA