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Sacred Space in Syriac Orthodox Liturgy : A Ritual and Theological Perspective / Gabriel Bar-Sawme.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies ; 66Publisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource (396 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781463245566
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 264/.0163 23/eng/20230829
LOC classification:
  • BX177
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Architectural Context for the Sedro of Entrance -- Chapter Three. History of the Syriac Orthodox Rite of Entrance, 9–13th Centuries -- Chapter Four. The Sedrō of Entrance in the 9th–13th -- Chapter Five. Ritual Place: Before God at the Center of the Cosmos -- Chapter Six. Ritual Body: The Unclean and God-Bearing Community -- Chapter Seven. Final Discussion -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Index
Summary: Questions concerning sacred spaces and their relationship to ritual is of interest to historians of religion and others as well. How sacred spaces emerge and are constructed and what relationship they have to rituals are some of the areas that are dealt with in this study in relation to Syriac Orthodox liturgy. The purpose of this study is to create a better understanding of how the Sedrō of Entrance has been practiced in earlier periods and architectural contexts and to investigate what role the entrance rite may have had in constructing the sanctuary as sacred space and the worshipping community as church. The Sedrō of Entrance is a prayer employed during the rite of entrance into the altar in Syriac Orthodox Eucharistic liturgy. This study uses ritual theory to frame the rite of entrance and studies the intersection of ritual text, action and place. Two research questions are addressed: a) How is the rite of entrance into the altar, in the Syriac Orthodox liturgy, performed during the 9th-13th centuries? b) How does the rite of entrance construct the sanctuary as sacred space and the worshipping community as church? The study builds on historical material, manuscripts from the 9th to the 13th centuries, architecture, and other historical textual material. The rite of entrance is framed with ritual theory. Theological analysis is also used to support the ritual theory. The themes of the dissertation include, among others, the relationship between ritual process, ritual place, and the ritual body. It also explores the role of language in the ritual process.
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Architectural Context for the Sedro of Entrance -- Chapter Three. History of the Syriac Orthodox Rite of Entrance, 9–13th Centuries -- Chapter Four. The Sedrō of Entrance in the 9th–13th -- Chapter Five. Ritual Place: Before God at the Center of the Cosmos -- Chapter Six. Ritual Body: The Unclean and God-Bearing Community -- Chapter Seven. Final Discussion -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Index

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Questions concerning sacred spaces and their relationship to ritual is of interest to historians of religion and others as well. How sacred spaces emerge and are constructed and what relationship they have to rituals are some of the areas that are dealt with in this study in relation to Syriac Orthodox liturgy. The purpose of this study is to create a better understanding of how the Sedrō of Entrance has been practiced in earlier periods and architectural contexts and to investigate what role the entrance rite may have had in constructing the sanctuary as sacred space and the worshipping community as church. The Sedrō of Entrance is a prayer employed during the rite of entrance into the altar in Syriac Orthodox Eucharistic liturgy. This study uses ritual theory to frame the rite of entrance and studies the intersection of ritual text, action and place. Two research questions are addressed: a) How is the rite of entrance into the altar, in the Syriac Orthodox liturgy, performed during the 9th-13th centuries? b) How does the rite of entrance construct the sanctuary as sacred space and the worshipping community as church? The study builds on historical material, manuscripts from the 9th to the 13th centuries, architecture, and other historical textual material. The rite of entrance is framed with ritual theory. Theological analysis is also used to support the ritual theory. The themes of the dissertation include, among others, the relationship between ritual process, ritual place, and the ritual body. It also explores the role of language in the ritual process.

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