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245 10 a| Death and the afterlife in Syriac Christianity :b| creating social identity and emotional communities /c| Maria E. Doerfler, Yale University, Connecticut.;

264 1 a| Cambridge, United Kingdom ;a| New York, NY, USA :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 2026.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 00 t| Ephrem and his legacy --t| The Necrosima --t| Translating Eve : women and performance in the Necrosima --t| Introduction : The Devil's gateway --t| Pillars and penitents : women in the Necrosima --t| Eve and her daughters --t| Death of Eve in the life of the church : Madrāshâ 31's ritual context --t| Conclusion : loss, liturgy and lenticularity --t| "Short days they lived on Earth ..." : the death of children in the Necrosima --t| Counting Madrashe : mapping the Necrosima's corpus concerning children and youth --t| Tapestries of hope and grief : The Madrāshê on children and youths --t| The Legacy of Ephrem --t| The gifts of Jacob --t| Echoes of "Basil" --t| A Chorus of voices : epitome and performance in the Necrosima --t| Men and means : wealth and poverty in the Necrosima --t| Wealth and poverty in Syriac Christian writings --t| Nothing gold will stay : touring the tombs --t| The rich man in Gehenna : touring Hell --t| Making friends with Mammon : wealth as a good in the Necrosima --t| Conclusion : "For God is like gold to those who love Him" --t| Reading the Book of the Dead : Bishops in the Necrosima --t| Bishops and clergy in the Necrosima --t| Bishops as Bibles : Scripture in the Necrosima --t| Building (a) Biblical people --t| Conclusion : the public bishop --t| Reaching across the threshold : covenanters in the Necrosima --t| Children of the Covenant : the Qyāmā in early Syriac literature --t| Sons of the Covenant in the Necrosima --t| Death and the daughter : Bnāt Qyomo in the Necrosima --t| The Churches are empty, the priests are silent : rewriting ritual in pandemic times --t| Disaster and its witnesses in early Christian communities --t| Disaster in the Necrosima --t| Dearh and discourse : rewriting history and Scripture in the hymns on plague --t| Lament and reconciliation : making rituals for times of disaster --t| Conclusion : ritual in times of disaster --t| Conclusion : Beyond the threshold.;

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520 a| "In late antiquity as in the present age, death left its mark on the lives of families, communities, and societies. Syriac funerary hymns provide important insights into the social, emotional, funerary ritual histories of early Christian communities. Maria Doerfler here explores this body of largely ignored literature that has been attributed to Ephrem the Syrian. Different parts of the collection focus on individuals from a variety of social and ecclesiastical backgrounds: women and children, clergy and ascetics, as well as those who fell victim to natural disasters. The hymns provide insights not only into Syriac Christian ideas about death and the afterlife, but also into their existence, beliefs, and practices more broadly. Through engagement with different theoretical lenses, Doerfler uses instances of personal and communal crisis to elucidate historical and philosophical patterns among late antique Christians, addressing, inter alia, their responses to pandemics, understanding of wealth, and forging communal bonds that transcended death" --c| Publisher, page four of cover.;

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Death and the afterlife in Syriac Christianity : creating social identity and emotional communities / Maria E. Doerfler, Yale University, Connecticut.

Author/creator	Doerfler, Maria author.
Format	Book
Publication	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Manufacture	[Dulles, Virginia] : Integrated Books International
Copyright Date	©2026
Description	x, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Hymns, Syriac--History and criticism. Funeral hymns. Death--Religious aspects. --Christianity. --History of doctrines. --Early church, ca. 30-600. Future life--Christianity. --History of doctrines. --Early church, ca. 30-600.

Contents	Ephrem and his legacy -- The Necrosima -- Translating Eve : women and performance in the Necrosima -- Introduction : The Devil's gateway -- Pillars and penitents : women in the Necrosima -- Eve and her daughters -- Death of Eve in the life of the church : Madrāshâ 31's ritual context -- Conclusion : loss, liturgy and lenticularity -- "Short days they lived on Earth ..." : the death of children in the Necrosima -- Counting Madrashe : mapping the Necrosima's corpus concerning children and youth -- Tapestries of hope and grief : The Madrāshê on children and youths -- The Legacy of Ephrem -- The gifts of Jacob -- Echoes of "Basil" -- A Chorus of voices : epitome and performance in the Necrosima -- Men and means : wealth and poverty in the Necrosima -- Wealth and poverty in Syriac Christian writings -- Nothing gold will stay : touring the tombs -- The rich man in Gehenna : touring Hell -- Making friends with Mammon : wealth as a good in the Necrosima -- Conclusion : "For God is like gold to those who love Him" -- Reading the Book of the Dead : Bishops in the Necrosima -- Bishops and clergy in the Necrosima -- Bishops as Bibles : Scripture in the Necrosima -- Building (a) Biblical people -- Conclusion : the public bishop -- Reaching across the threshold : covenanters in the Necrosima -- Children of the Covenant : the Qyāmā in early Syriac literature -- Sons of the Covenant in the Necrosima -- Death and the daughter : Bnāt Qyomo in the Necrosima -- The Churches are empty, the priests are silent : rewriting ritual in pandemic times -- Disaster and its witnesses in early Christian communities -- Disaster in the Necrosima -- Dearh and discourse : rewriting history and Scripture in the hymns on plague -- Lament and reconciliation : making rituals for times of disaster -- Conclusion : ritual in times of disaster -- Conclusion : Beyond the threshold.
Abstract	"In late antiquity as in the present age, death left its mark on the lives of families, communities, and societies. Syriac funerary hymns provide important insights into the social, emotional, funerary ritual histories of early Christian communities. Maria Doerfler here explores this body of largely ignored literature that has been attributed to Ephrem the Syrian. Different parts of the collection focus on individuals from a variety of social and ecclesiastical backgrounds: women and children, clergy and ascetics, as well as those who fell victim to natural disasters. The hymns provide insights not only into Syriac Christian ideas about death and the afterlife, but also into their existence, beliefs, and practices more broadly. Through engagement with different theoretical lenses, Doerfler uses instances of personal and communal crisis to elucidate historical and philosophical patterns among late antique Christians, addressing, inter alia, their responses to pandemics, understanding of wealth, and forging communal bonds that transcended death" -- Publisher, page four of cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Doerfler, Maria Death and the afterlife in Syriac Christianity Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2025 9781009573771
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