Songs about women:
"Romanos was a sixth-century Byzantine poet-composer and performer of ritual songs, featuring both didactic and dramatic elements, for the emerging Christian rituals and festivals. Future generations were to call these songs kontakia, a genre that came about at the convergence between the Greek...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Romanos was a sixth-century Byzantine poet-composer and performer of ritual songs, featuring both didactic and dramatic elements, for the emerging Christian rituals and festivals. Future generations were to call these songs kontakia, a genre that came about at the convergence between the Greek-speaking world and Syriac poetry. The focus of this volume is on Romanos's kontakia that include female characters as protagonists, antagonists, or important supporting characters. From villains to heroines, leaders to followers, saints to sinners, from the exceptionally towering Mother of God to the licentiously lustful Potiphar's wife-these characters may grant us limited insights into the mundane realities of women's lives in Constantinople. The songs represent a male gaze, and literary women rarely behave like physical women anyway. Nevertheless, many of the characters are portrayed with a remarkable psychological depth, combining outstanding boldness with inner struggles of doubt and desires and the sense of being pulled in various directions. With determined faith or faithless determination, bursting with love or wanting in ardor, these women embody the complexities of Christian life. The first four songs in this collection relate stories known from the book of Genesis. The female characters are not protagonists, but Romanos gives them important roles in the ancient narratives of temptation and envy, faithfulness and sacrifice. Two kontakia feature prophetic male protagonists but have important female characters. The next five hymns relate stories originating from the Christian gospels. They have female protagonists, and the narratives convey various corporeal encounters with Christ. The final section contains songs about the Virgin Mary, or Theotokos (God-bearer, Mother of God) as she is often called in Byzantine Christianity. Scholars and other modern readers ask questions about gender dynamics in history, and Romanos's kontakia collected in this volume provide a valuable source for such enquiries. His songs offer intriguing perspectives on gendered ideas and ideals in early Christian Byzantium"-- |
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| 520 | 3 | |a Nevertheless, many of the characters are portrayed with a remarkable psychological depth, combining outstanding boldness with inner struggles of doubt and desires and the sense of being pulled in various directions. With determined faith or faithless determination, bursting with love or wanting in ardor, these women embody the complexities of Christian life. The first four songs in this collection relate stories known from the book of Genesis. The female characters are not protagonists, but Romanos gives them important roles in the ancient narratives of temptation and envy, faithfulness and sacrifice. Two kontakia feature prophetic male protagonists but have important female characters. The next five hymns relate stories originating from the Christian gospels. They have female protagonists, and the narratives convey various corporeal encounters with Christ. | |
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Contents Introduction vit On Fasting (Adam and Eve) On Abraham’s Sacrifice On the Blessing of 2 32 Jacob 56 On Joseph and Potiphar’s wife On the On Prophet Elijah the the Beheading Forerunner On the Ten Virgins On the Harlot 80 118 of 154 178 218 On the Women at the Tomb 238 On the Samaritan Woman 270 Bleeding Woman 298 On the
CONTENTS On the Nativity On the of the Theotokos Annunciation On the Virgin On Nativity the Magi) 366 Nativity Adam and Eve) the (Mary with On 352 the (Mary and On 328 392 Wedding at Cana 414 On the Way to Golgotha 438 the Abbreviations 461 Note on the Texts 463 Notes to the Texts 469 Notes to the Translations Bibliography Index vi 533 329 477 316 |
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| spelling | Romanus Melodos 485-562 Verfasser (DE-588)118791087 aut Songs about women Romanos the Melodist ; edited and translated by Thomas Arentzen Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England Harvard University Press 2024 xxxii, 536 Seiten 21 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Dumbarton Oaks medieval library doml 83 On fasting (Adam and Eve) -- On Abraham's sacrifice -- On the blessing of Jacob -- On Joseph and Potiphar's wife -- On the prophet Elijah -- On the beheading of the forerunner -- On the ten virgins -- On the harlot -- On the women at the tomb -- On the samaritan woman -- On the bleeding woman -- On the nativity of the Theotokos -- On the Annunciation -- On the Virgin -- On the Nativity (Mary and the Magi) -- On the Nativity (Mary with Adam and Eve) -- On the wedding at Cana -- On the way to Golgotha "Romanos was a sixth-century Byzantine poet-composer and performer of ritual songs, featuring both didactic and dramatic elements, for the emerging Christian rituals and festivals. Future generations were to call these songs kontakia, a genre that came about at the convergence between the Greek-speaking world and Syriac poetry. The focus of this volume is on Romanos's kontakia that include female characters as protagonists, antagonists, or important supporting characters. From villains to heroines, leaders to followers, saints to sinners, from the exceptionally towering Mother of God to the licentiously lustful Potiphar's wife-these characters may grant us limited insights into the mundane realities of women's lives in Constantinople. The songs represent a male gaze, and literary women rarely behave like physical women anyway. Nevertheless, many of the characters are portrayed with a remarkable psychological depth, combining outstanding boldness with inner struggles of doubt and desires and the sense of being pulled in various directions. With determined faith or faithless determination, bursting with love or wanting in ardor, these women embody the complexities of Christian life. The first four songs in this collection relate stories known from the book of Genesis. The female characters are not protagonists, but Romanos gives them important roles in the ancient narratives of temptation and envy, faithfulness and sacrifice. Two kontakia feature prophetic male protagonists but have important female characters. The next five hymns relate stories originating from the Christian gospels. They have female protagonists, and the narratives convey various corporeal encounters with Christ. The final section contains songs about the Virgin Mary, or Theotokos (God-bearer, Mother of God) as she is often called in Byzantine Christianity. Scholars and other modern readers ask questions about gender dynamics in history, and Romanos's kontakia collected in this volume provide a valuable source for such enquiries. His songs offer intriguing perspectives on gendered ideas and ideals in early Christian Byzantium"-- Facing page translation with Greek on the versos and English on the rectos ; introduction and notes in English Christliche Lyrik (DE-588)4010111-3 gnd rswk-swf Frau Motiv (DE-588)4113617-2 gnd rswk-swf Byzantinisches Reich (DE-588)4009256-2 gnd rswk-swf Mary / Blessed Virgin, Saint / In literature Christian poetry, Byzantine / Themes, motives Hymns, Greek / Themes, motives Women in the Bible Women in literature Marie / Sainte Vierge / Dans la littérature Poésie chrétienne byzantine / Thèmes, motifs Hymnes grecs / Thèmes, motifs Femmes dans la Bible Femmes dans la littérature Mary / Blessed Virgin, Saint Literature Romanus Melodus hymnogr. TLG 2881 (DE-2581)TH000002711 gbd Byzantinisches Reich (DE-588)4009256-2 g Christliche Lyrik (DE-588)4010111-3 s Frau Motiv (DE-588)4113617-2 s DE-604 Arentzen, Thomas 1976- (DE-588)1130735044 edt trl (DE-588)1088020275 Romanus Melodus Cantica Dumbarton Oaks medieval library doml 83 (DE-604)BV036855935 83 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=035041654&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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