Death and the afterlife in syriac christianity: creating social identity and emotional communities
Auteur :
Doerfler, Maria E.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009573788
Date de publication :
22 janv. 2026
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this book, Maria Doerfler explores a body of literature that has been previously largely ignored: a collection of funerary hymns for Christians, attributed to Ephrem the Syrian. These hymns provide insights not only into Syriac Christian ideas about death and the afterlife, but also into their existence, beliefs, and practices more broadly.