TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hartung,Blake
TI  - Imagining the Death of Jesus in Fourth Century Mesopotamia: A Study of Ephrem of Nisibis 
T2  - Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements
SN  - 9789004680241
AV  - BT148 
U1  - 231/.4 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - God (Christianity)
KW  - Simplicity
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Theology
KW  - Trinity
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - In this volume Blake Hartung explores the place of the passion and death of Jesus in the writings of Ephrem of Nisibis (ca. 307–373). The book argues that the genre of Ephrem’s works (usually short poems for public performance), is key to understanding his unsystematic approach. Ephrem drew widely upon the Passion narratives and traditional motifs related to Christ’s death and deployed them differently in distinct settings. Each chapter explores a key theme in Ephrem’s discourse about the death of Christ in context (including anti-Judaism, the defeat of death, and economic imagery). Ultimately, Hartung urges further consideration of the role of Christ’s death in early Christian thought and practice beyond the traditional confines of atonement theology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004680241
ER  -