Icons of the Heavenly Merchant: Ephrem and Pseudo-Ephrem in the Madrashe in Praise of Abraham of Qidun (Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies, #45)

by Andrew Hayes

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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.
  • ISBN10 1463204140
  • ISBN13 9781463204143
  • Publish Date 26 April 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Gorgias Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 421
  • Language English