Jeffrey Wickes Bible and Poetry Hardcover sku-287715476

Jeffrey Wickes sku-287715476 is listed in Christian Books & Bibles. Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia studies Ephrem the Syrian, a founding voice in Syriac literature. Ephrem wrote in several genres, chiefly madrashe, a form of musical poetry or hymn. Wickes examines his Hymns on Faith in the context of theological disputes following the First Council of Nicaea.

The resulting doctrinal divisions affected Christianity and helped bring about a distinct Syriac Church in which Ephrem became a central figure. Using literary, ritual and performance theory, Wickes explores how Ephrem used the Syriac Bible to understand himself and his audience, placing him within early Christian history and discussions of literature and religion in late antiquity.

This hardcover is Series #5, Edition 1 of Christianity in Late Antiquity.