Bride of Light : : Hymns on Mary from the Syriac Churches.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Brock, Sebastian P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Moran Etho
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; INTRODUCTION --; SOURCES --; I. PRAYER SONGS --; II. DIALOGUE POEMS --; III. VERSE HOMILIES --; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX 1 – BIBLICAL REFERENCES --; INDEX 2 – NAMES --; INDEX 3 – SUBJECTS --; INDEX 4 – TITLES AND TYPES OF CHRIST --; INDEX 5 – TITLES AND TYPES OF MARY --; INDEX 6 – FIRST LINES
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463216443; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463216443
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

Syriac is particularly rich in poetry on Mary. Not only is some of this of great tenderness and beauty, but much is also highly imaginative. The present selection of translations includes lyric poems (several by St Ephrem), five lively dialogues, and a longer narrative poem on Mary and Joseph.