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Icons of the Heavenly Merchant

Ephrem and Pseudo-Ephrem in the Madrashe in Praise of Abraham of Qidun

Andrew Hayes author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Gorgias Press

Published:26th Apr '16

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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.

ISBN: 9781463204143

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

421 pages