Poems on Bishops by Gregory of Nazianzus and Ephrem the Syrian

Literary Comparison and Translation
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-11-155288-0
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Band 111, 650 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm

Reihe: Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies

Gregory of Nazianzus and Ephrem the Syrian are both regarded as foundational poets for their respective literary traditions. They wrote in the same period, the 4th Century, and they both devoted a cycle of poems to a debated theme of the time: bishops. Aim of this work is enhancing the appreciation of these cycles (Gregory’s carmina II, 1, 10; 12; 13; 17 and Ephrem’s carmina nisibena 13-21) as works of literature embedded in the performance and reading practices of the time, in theological debates on the episcopal office and in their respective communities. The book compares performance and transimission methods of the two corpora, the word choice and imagery describing the episcopal office and how portraits of real-life bishops are influenced by theological expectations on what a bishop should be. Two chapters are devoted to literary phenomena peculiar to each author. This book, the first extensive comparison of these two authors from a literary point of view, will interest scholars of Late Antique poetry and literature, Church history and Patristic theology. A new English translation of both corporas constitutes the appendix.

Zielgruppe

Classics scholars, classical philologists, literary scholars, his

Autoren/Hrsg.

Colpani, Giovanni

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Über Autor(innen)

Giovanni Colpani, Gymnasium, Kolleg und Fachoberschule St. Matthias, Wolfratshausen, Germany.