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245 10 a| Ministries of song :b| women's voices in ancient Syriac Christianity /c| Susan Ashbrook Harvey.;

264 1 a| Oakland, California :b| University of California Press,c| [2025];

300 a| xv, 313 pages :b| color illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-295) and indexes.;

505 0 a| Introduction. A forgotten history -- Singing voices : women's ministry, women's authority -- Singing women : portraits and meanings -- Singing voices, voices sung : performance, genre, biblical models -- Voices sung : women's voices in contextual narratives -- Singing voices : women among the assembly -- Models for laity, models for faith.;

520 a| "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 alive as Susan Ashbrook Harvey uncovers the ways these now-nameless women performed a boldly sung teaching ministry and invited congregations to respond aloud. By exploring their ritual agency, Harvey shows how these choirs helped to shape the formative ethical and moral lives of their congregations and communities. Women's voices both real and imagined enriched the ritual and devotional lives of Syriac Christians daily and weekly, on ecclesial and civic special occasions, in sorrow or joy with authoritative theological significance and social and political resonance. Arguing for the importance of liturgy as social history, Harvey shows us how and why women's voices mattered for ancient Syriac Christianity and why they matter still"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Ministries of song : women's voices in ancient Syriac Christianity / Susan Ashbrook Harvey.

Author/creator	Harvey, Susan Ashbrook author.
Format	Book
Publication	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2025]
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xv, 313 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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.

Contents	Introduction. A forgotten history -- Singing voices : women's ministry, women's authority -- Singing women : portraits and meanings -- Singing voices, voices sung : performance, genre, biblical models -- Voices sung : women's voices in contextual narratives -- Singing voices : women among the assembly -- Models for laity, models for faith.
Abstract	"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 alive as Susan Ashbrook Harvey uncovers the ways these now-nameless women performed a boldly sung teaching ministry and invited congregations to respond aloud. By exploring their ritual agency, Harvey shows how these choirs helped to shape the formative ethical and moral lives of their congregations and communities. Women's voices both real and imagined enriched the ritual and devotional lives of Syriac Christians daily and weekly, on ecclesial and civic special occasions, in sorrow or joy with authoritative theological significance and social and political resonance. Arguing for the importance of liturgy as social history, Harvey shows us how and why women's voices mattered for ancient Syriac Christianity and why they matter still"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-295) and indexes.
Terms of use	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) license. To view a copy of the license, visit. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Issued in other form	Online version: Harvey, Susan Ashbrook. Ministries of song. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2025] 9780520412385
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9780520412385
LCCN	2025007455
ISBN	9780520412378
ISBN	9780520422681 (hardcover)
ISBN	0520422686 (hardcover)
ISBN	0520412370 (paperback)
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