"Blessed is He who has brought Adam from Sheol" : : Christ's Descent to the Dead in the Theology of Saint Ephrem the Syrian / / Thomas Buchan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015
• VerfasserIn: Buchan, Thomas,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (407 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER ONE: COSMOLOGY AND CHRIST'S DESCENT TO SHEOL IN THE THEOLOGY OF EPHREM THE SYRIAN --; CHAPTER TWO: CHRIST'S INCARNATION AND DESCENT TO SHEOL IN THE THEOLOGY OF EPHREM THE SYRIAN --; CHAPTER THREE: CHRIST'S DESCENT TO SHEOL AND SOTERIOLOGY IN THE THEOLOGY OF EPHREM THE SYRIAN --; CHAPTER FOUR: CHRIST'S DESCENT TO SHEOL, ECCLESIOLOGY AND SACRAMENTS IN THE THEOLOGY OF EPHREM THE SYRIAN --; CHAPTER FIVE: CHRIST'S DESCENT TO SHEOL AND ESCHATOLOGY IN THE THEOLOGY OF EPHREM THE SYRIAN --; CONCLUSION: CHRIST'S DESCENT TO SHEOL IN THE THEOLOGY OF EPHREM THE SYRIAN --; APPENDIX: CHRIST'S DESCENT TO SHEOL IN SELECTIONS FROM SYRIAC CHRISTIAN LITERATURE PRIOR TO SAINT EPHREM --; SOURCES CONSULTED
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463236021; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463236021
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Thomas Buchan.

Buchan's work is an examination of the theological use of the doctrine of Christ's descent to the dead in the works of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (ca. 306-373 C.E.). Ephrem's conception of Christ's descent to Sheol provides us with an important and distinctive vision of the significance of this salvific event. Ephrem's use of Semitic and non-Western poetic forms and structures as a mode of theological discourse, coupled with his preference for imagery and symbolism rather than definition, resulted in a variety of vivid depictions of Christ's descent to Sheol. The doctrine is shown to be an integral and multifaceted component of Ephrem's theology.