Frauenstimmen gegen den Tod: zur besonderen Sichtbarkeit weiblicher Klage in der klassischen syrischen Literatur

Syriac literature in Late Antiquity is a many-voiced choir filled with women’s vocals. They appear as active parts of the liturgy and in vivid depictions of biblical women, giving a voice to Eve’s grief, Mary’s muddle, Sara’s struggle. This essay aims to shed light on the themes of suffering and dea...

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Published in:Lectio difficilior
Main Author: Rahn, Nancy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: Univ. [2016]
In: Lectio difficilior
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Woman / Grief / Death
B Woman / Late Antiquity / Syria / Spiritual literature / Liturgy
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KBL Near East and North Africa
NBE Anthropology
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Summary:Syriac literature in Late Antiquity is a many-voiced choir filled with women’s vocals. They appear as active parts of the liturgy and in vivid depictions of biblical women, giving a voice to Eve’s grief, Mary’s muddle, Sara’s struggle. This essay aims to shed light on the themes of suffering and death as resonated through women’s voices in selected ancient Syriac texts. It is set out to be an exemplary excursion into the rich treasury of Syriac literature with its many aspects of gender and the exposure to mortality, affliction and death.
ISSN:1661-3317
Contains:Enthalten in: Lectio difficilior