From Profane to Divine: The Hegemonic Appropriation of Pagan Imagery into Eastern Christian Hymnody
Spanning the first seven centuries of Christianity, this paper explores how Eastern Christian and Byzantine hymn chant was developed alongside pagan and Jewish worship traditions around the Near East. Comparison of hymns by Christian composers such as St. Romanos the Melodist and pagan poetry reveal...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2012
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| Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/151 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1164&context=scripps_theses |