Enchantment and Creed in the Hymns of Ambrose of Milan
Winner of the North American Patristics Society's Best First Book Prize 2018
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 27 October 2016
- ISBN 9780198788225
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages278 pages
- Size 240x164x21 mm
- Weight 548 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This work offers a critical overview of the hymns of Ambrose of Milan (c.339-397) in the context of fourth-century doctrinal hymns and in relation to his own catechetical preaching. Brian P. Dunkle, SJ, argues that Ambrose employed sophisticated poetic techniques in his hymns in order to foster a pro-Nicene sensitivity in his congregation.
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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."
This monograph ? and its unexpected angle on the Christianization of the Roman Empire ? should be of interest to a wide readership
Table of Contents:
Introduction
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 Doctrinal Feasts
Hymns for the Roman Martyrs
Hymns for the Martyrs of Milan
The Literary Feasts of Ambroasian Reception
Ambroasian Imitation: Sedulius and Prudentius
Conclusion
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