| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 258 pages) |
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Supplements to Vigiliae christianae ; volume 181 |
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Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 181.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Imagining the Death of Jesus in Fourth-Century Mesopotamia -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Subject of This Study -- 3. Why Ephrem? -- 3.1. Ephrem's Life and Works -- 3.2. The Challenges of Studying Ephrem -- 3.3. Drama, Performance, and Ephrem's Theological Imagination -- 4. Ephrem, the Syriac Tradition, and Early Christianity -- 4.1. The Distinctiveness of Ephrem and the Syriac Tradition -- 4.2. Ephrem and Greco-Syriac Culture -- 5. State of the Question: The Death of Jesus in Early Christianity |
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5.1. Early Approaches: Patristic Atonement Theology -- 5.2. Reframing Early Christian Atonement Theology -- 5.3. Ephrem, the Atonement, and the Death of Jesus -- 6. Sources for This Study -- 7. The Plan of This Book -- Chapter 2. Ephrem's Biblical Imagination -- 1. Introduction: "Sheol Vomited and Spat out the Dead" -- 2. Ephrem and the Bible -- 2.1. Ephrem's Biblical Vision -- 2.2. Ephrem's Gospel -- 2.3. Ephrem's Context as a Reader of the Bible -- 2.4. Reading Matt 27:52-53 with Ephrem -- 3. Ephrem's Use of Matthew 27:52-53 -- 3.1. Matthew 27:52-53 in Syriac |
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3.2. Interweaving John 5 and Matthew 27 -- 3.3. "Life for the Dead" -- 4. The Raising of the Dead in Ephrem's Theological Imagination -- 4.1. The Raising of the Dead and the Descent to Sheol -- 4.2. The Raising of the Dead and the Identity of Jesus -- 4.3. The Raising of the Dead and the Future Resurrection -- 5. Ephrem, the Bible, and the Resurrection of the Dead in Polemical Context -- 5.1. Ephrem and the Bardaisanites on the Bodily Resurrection -- 5.2. The Absence of the Raising of the Dead in Ephrem's Anti-Bardaisanite Polemic -- 6. Conclusion |
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Chapter 3. Dramatizing the Defeat of Death: Personification and Performance -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Personified Death and the Conquering Jesus: Death and Its Defeat in Ephrem's Mêmrâ on Our Lord -- 2.1. The Confrontation with Death in the Mêmrâ on Our Lord -- 2.2. The Confrontation with Death in Its Fourth-Century Context -- 2.3. Ephrem and the Origins of the Narrative of Christ's Defeat of Death -- 3. Adapting the Drama of the Descent to Sheol -- 3.1. Ephrem's Descent Poems in the Context of Early Christian Literature |
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3.2. Ephrem's Descent Poems in Rhetorical and Literary Context -- 3.3. The Forces of the "Left Side": Ephrem's Death among the Evil Powers -- 3.4. Death's Boasting and Defeat: Nis. 36 and Nis. 41 -- 3.5. The Great Reversal: Death's Reflections on His Defeat -- 3.6. Sheol Weeping for Her Children: Nis. 37 -- 4. Ephrem's Audiences and the Performance of Death -- 5. Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Dramas of Jewish Rejection: Jews and the Death of Jesus in Ephrem's Theological Imagination -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ephrem's Anti-Jewish Polemic: Rhetoric or Reality? |
| Summary |
"In this volume Blake Hartung explores the place of the passion and death of Jesus in the writings of Ephrem of Nisibis (ca. 307-373). The book argues that the genre of Ephrem's works (usually short poems for public performance), is key to understanding his unsystematic approach. Ephrem drew widely upon the Passion narratives and traditional motifs related to Christ's death and deployed them differently in distinct settings. Each chapter explores a key theme in Ephrem's discourse about the death of Christ in context (including anti-Judaism, the defeat of death, and economic imagery). Ultimately, Hartung urges further consideration of the role of Christ's death in early Christian thought and practice beyond the traditional confines of atonement theology"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indices |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 19, 2024) |
| Subject |
Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373.
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Jesus Christ -- Crucifixion.
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Jesus Christ -- Passion.
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| SUBJECT |
Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373. fast (OCoLC)fst00019906 |
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Jesus Christ. fast (OCoLC)fst00040116 |
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Death in the Bible.
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Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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Death in the Bible.
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Passion of Jesus Christ.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2023029751 |
| ISBN |
9004680241 |
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9789004680241 |
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900468025X |
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9789004680258 |
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