Theology and Poetry in Early Byzantium - The Kontakia of Romanos the Melodist

This book studies Romanos' lively and dramatic hymns, highlighting especially the relationship between theological themes and performative rhetoric.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. On the Passion of Christ; 2. The second Adam: a typology of salvation; 3. The second creation: a new reality for Christians; 4. The second coming: a theology of time and liturgy; On the Resurrection IV: conclusions and beyond.

About the author

Sarah Gador-Whyte is an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Catholic University, based at St Patrick's Campus in Melbourne. She is a scholar of late antiquity and Byzantium and has published widely on Romanos, the cult of the Virgin, late antique historiography and religious conflict in late antiquity.

Summary

Romanos' lively and dramatic hymns are a highlight of Byzantine literary invention. This book examines the rhetorical embodiment of theological themes in these kontakia. Through rhetorical techniques like dialogue, metaphor and vivid description, biblical stories and theological concepts are performed, adapted and vivified.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Gador-Whyte, Sarah (Australian Catholic University Gador-Whyte
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781316505618
• ISBN: 978-1-316-50561-8
• No. of pages: 247
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History, POETRY / General, Poetry, HISTORY / General, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Theology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Theology, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, Archaeology, History and Archaeology, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE