Icons of the Heavenly Merchant: Ephrem and Pseudo-Ephrem in the Madrashe in Praise of Abraham of Qidun
Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
Icons of the Heavenly Merchant Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 421
ISBN: 9781463204143
Pub Date: April 2016
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Price: £150.00
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Description:
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.