Mystery Cults and Syriac Heresiology: A Fruitful Polemical Association?
This paper addresses the role played by the rhetoric connected to mystery cults in Syriac heresiological discourse. It deals in particular with the Hymns against Heresies by Ephrem the Syrian (d. 373), one of the first Syriac heresiographers. It first discusses the occurrences of the word 'myst...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mohr Siebeck
[2018]
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Religion in the Roman empire
Year: 2018, Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 331-352 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ephraem Syrus 306-373
/ Mysteries
/ Heresy
/ Polemics
/ Spread of
/ Late Antiquity
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Ephrem the Syrian
B MYSTERIES OF APHRODITE B CHALDEANS B JULIAN 'THE APOSTATE' B Bible B HYMNS AGAINST HERESIES B POLEMICAL REPRESENTATIONS B LASCIVIOUSNESS B SYRIAC HERESIOLOGY |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |