1 option
Enchantment and creed in the hymns of Ambrose of Milan / Brian P. Dunkle, SJ.
LIBRA BR1720.A5 D86 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dunkle, Brian, author.
- Series:
- Oxford early Christian studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397--Criticism and interpretation.
- Ambrose.
- Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397.
- Hymns, Early Christian--History and criticism.
- Hymns, Early Christian.
- Hymns, Latin--History and criticism.
- Hymns, Latin.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 261 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- 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." Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Hymnody, Heresy, and Doctrinal Identity 13
- 2 Ambrose's Preaching, Enchantment, and Nature and Grace 52
- 3 Ambrose's Daytime Hymns and the Mystagogy of Nature 85
- 4 Christ in Scripture and the Hymns for Dominical Feasts 117
- 5 Ecclesial Identity in the Hymns for Martyrs 143
- 6 The Features of Ambrosian Reception 174
- 7 Ambrosian Imitation in Sedulius and Prudentius 186.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-254) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198788223
- 9780198788225
- OCLC:
- 944462969
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.