Rhetorical Practice in the Chreia Elaboration of Mara bar SerapionHugoye: Journal of Syriac StudiesSyriaca.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/UGWU3FAV/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Catherine M.ChinRhetorical Practice in the Chreia Elaboration of Mara bar Serapionhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/UGWU3FAVhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/UGWU3FAVhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/UGWU3FAVHugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies9:12006This essay argues that the text known as the Letter of Mara bar Serapion is an example of a Greek rhetorical exercise, the chreia elaboration. The letter fits the paradigm of the chreia elaboration as it is found in Greek rhetorical handbooks, such as those of Theon and Libanius. Since it is a rhetorical exercise, the letter should not be read as straightforward evidence for the experience of Roman conquest in Syria, nor should it be read as evidence for Christian apologetic practice in early Syriac literature. Rather, the letter provides scholars with the opportunity to examine the interaction between Greek rhetorical literature and the rise of Syriac prose literature in late antiquity.
Chin, Catherine M. “Rhetorical Practice in the Chreia Elaboration of Mara Bar Serapion.” Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 9:1 (2006).
Catherine M. Chin, Rhetorical Practice in the Chreia Elaboration of Mara Bar Serapion,Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 9:1 (2006).Greek literatureHellenismMara bar Serapionrhetoric