Anti-Judaism and Christian Orthodoxy

Anti-Judaism and Christian Orthodoxy PDF Author: Christine Shepardson
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813215366
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Book Description
A critical reading of Ephrem's numerous poetic writings demonstrates that his sharp anti-Jewish and anti-Judaizing language helped to solidify a pro-Nicene definition of Christian orthodoxy, cutting off from that community in the very act of defining it his so-called Judaizing and Arian Christian opponents, both of whom he accused of being more like Jews than Christians. Through carefully crafted rhetoric, Ephrem constructed for his audience new social and theological parameters that reshaped the religious landscape of his community.