Lieber, Staging the Sacred: SBL review panel, part 3

ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: All the (Ancient) World’s a Stage (Erin Galgay Walsh).

SBL 2023 Review Panel | Staging the Sacred: Theatricality and Performance in Late Ancient Liturgical Poetry, by Laura Lieber

One of the most beloved images within Syriac literature is the treasury. Writers such as Ephrem (d. 373 CE) and Jacob of Serugh (ca. 451-521 CE) invoke this image to impress upon their listeners the magnitude and inexhaustibility of divine largesse.[1] I would suggest that the language of treasury fittingly describes the remarkable book that brings us together today. Staging the Sacred is a scholarly treasury, brimming with erudition and insight. ...

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