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The robes of Christ and mankind (1)

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12 Assyrian Identity





01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery



Keywords
Christ
garments
Period
4th century CE
Byzantine Empire
Channel
Christian-Syriac poets


Text
Ephrem Syrus, Hymns on Nativity 5.4.5, 22.39.3:
He (= Christ) hid his own glory, and gave his swaddling clothes as a robe of glory to mankind. … our body has become your garment, your spirit has become our robe.


Sources (list of abbreviations)
Ephrem Syrus, Hymns on Nativity 5.4.5
Ephrem Syrus, Hymns on Nativity 22.39.3

Bibliography

Brock 1984, IV 100Brock, Sebastian. Syriac Perspectives on Late Antiquity. London: Variorum s 1984.

Amar Annus


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