The Poet as Preacher: St. Ephrem the Syrian’s Hymn <i>De Virginitate</i> XXXI as a Coherent, Aesthetic, and Persuasive Poetic DiscourseActa Patristica et ByzantinaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/HYZGT45E/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Phil J.BothaThe Poet as Preacher: St. Ephrem the Syrian’s Hymn <i>De Virginitate</i> XXXI as a Coherent, Aesthetic, and Persuasive Poetic Discoursehttp://syriaca.org/cbss/HYZGT45Ehttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/HYZGT45Ehttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/HYZGT45EActa Patristica et Byzantina19200844-72This article consists of a translation and poetic analysis of Ephrem the Syrian’s teaching song On Virginity 31. The Syriac text and an English translation are provided and short notes are given on the structure of the hymn. Its rhetorical and persuasive qualities are subsequently investigated with the aim of substantiating the claim that the hymn’s rhetorical features such as polarities, metaphors, analogies, parallels, antitheses, allusions to scripture, and direct appeals on the audience must have had a great impact and an enduring effect on Syriac Christianity.
Botha, Phil J. “The Poet as Preacher: St. Ephrem the Syrian’s Hymn De Virginitate XXXI as a Coherent, Aesthetic, and Persuasive Poetic Discourse.” Acta Patristica et Byzantina 19 (2008): 44–72.
Phil J. Botha, The Poet as Preacher: St. Ephrem the Syrian’s Hymn De Virginitate XXXI as a Coherent, Aesthetic, and Persuasive Poetic Discourse,” Acta Patristica et Byzantina 19 (2008): 44–72.EphremHymns on NativityIV CEhymnographypoeticspoetryprimary sources [Syriac] - English translationrhetoric