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Ministries of song : women's voices in ancient Syriac Christianity /

Ministries of Song is a tour-de-force study of the power of women's ritual singing in late antique Syriac Christianity. Beyond the familiar roles of female saints and nobles, Syriac churches cultivated a flourishing but often-overlooked tradition of women's sacred song. Their music comes a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harvey, Susan Ashbrook (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2025].
Subjects:
Syrian churches > Liturgy.
Women's choirs > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Women > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Hymns, Syriac > History > To 1500.
Syriac Christians > Social conditions.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

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