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Enchantment and creed in the hymns of Ambrose of Milan / Brian P. Dunkle, SJ.
Author
Dunkle, Brian
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
©2016
Description
xv, 261 pages ; 25 cm.
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Firestone Library - Stacks
BV320 .D86 2016
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Hymns, Early Christian
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History and criticism
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Hymns, Latin
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History and criticism
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Ambrose Saint, Bishop of Milan -397
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Criticism and interpretation
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Series
Oxford early Christian studies
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Summary note
Enchantment and Creed in the Hymns of Ambrose of Milan offers the first critical overview of the hymns of Ambrose of Milan in the context of fourth-century doctrinal song and Ambrose's own catechetical preaching. Brian P. Dunkle, SJ, argues that these settings inform the interpretation of Ambrose's hymnodic project. The hymns employ sophisticated poetic techniques to foster a pro-Nicene sensitivity in the bishop's embattled congregation. After a summary presentation of early Christian hymnody, with special attention to Ambrose's Latin predecessors, Dunkle describes the mystagogical function of fourth-century songs. He examines Ambrose's sermons, especially his catechetical and mystagogical works, for preached parallels to this hymnodic effort. Close reading of Ambrose's hymnodic corpus constitutes the bulk of the study. Dunkle corroborates his findings through a treatment of early Ambrosian imitations, especially the poetry of Prudentius. These early readers amplify the hymnodic features that Dunkle identifies as "enchanting," that is, enlightening the "eyes of faith." - back of book
Notes
Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2015 under title: Nocturna lux viantibus : the methods, meaning, and mystagogy of Ambrosian hymnody.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-254) and index.
Contents
Hymnody, heresy, and doctrinal identity
Ambrose's preaching, enchantment, and nature and grace
Ambrose's daytime hymns and the mystagogy of nature
Christ in scripture and the hymns for dominical feasts
Ecclesial identity in the hymns for martyrs
The features of Ambrosian reception
Ambrosian imitation in Sedulius and Prudentius.
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ISBN
0198788223
9780198788225
LCCN
2016934846
OCLC
944462969
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