TY  - BOOK
AU  - Narinskaya,Elena
TI  - The poetic hymns of Saint Ephrem the Syrian: a study in the religious use of poetry in fourth-century Christianity 
SN  - 9780773417816
AV  - BR65.E636 N37 2013eb
U1  - 264/.014023 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Lewiston
PB  - Edwin Mellen Press
KW  - Ephraem,
KW  - Lord's Supper
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Hymns, Syriac
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Rituals & Practice
KW  - Worship & Liturgy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Institutions & Organizations
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-123) and index; THE POETIC HYMNS OF SAINT EPHREM THE SYRIAN: A Study in the Religious Use of Poetry in Fourth-Century Christianity; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Abstract; Foreword; Introduction to the study; Chapter One -- The Eucharist and Healing; Chapter Two -- The Eucharist and Scripture; Chapter Three -- Defining the Eucharist by Assocation; Chapter Four -- Ephrem's Eucharistic Narrative in the Tenth Hymn on Faith; Chapter Five -- Christology and Ecclesiology in Relation to the Eucharist; Conclusion of the study; Bibliography; Index
N2  - Ephrem's thought is revealed to us through the language of symbols and allusions, and his legacy as a theologian lies in his commitment to the Scriptural narrative. Ephrem's theological approach is also a representative demonstration of the tradition of Syriac Christian theology and symbolic poetry at the time. This thesis explores Ephrem's Eucharistic theology as it is expressed in his poetic Hymns. The aim of the study is to look into various definitions of Eucharist that Ephrem offers in his writings. This study looks at the way Ephrem describes the physicality of the sacraments. It present
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