TY - BOOK ID - 19291223 TI - Mary and Joseph, and other dialogue poems on Mary AU - Brock, Sebastian Paul AU - Gorgias Press PY - 2011 VL - 8 SN - 19356846 SN - 9781463205089 1463205082 9781593338398 1593338392 PB - Piscataway, NJ Gorgias press DB - UniCat KW - Christian poetry, Syriac. KW - Mary, KW - Christian poetry, Syriac KW - Maria Deipara KW - Ioseph sponsus B.M.V. KW - Mary, - Blessed Virgin, Saint - Poetry KW - Mary, - Blessed Virgin, Saint UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19291223 AB - What was Joseph’s reaction when he arrived home to find Mary pregnant? How did Mary manage to persuade him that her child was none other than the Son of God? The Syriac literary tradition had a unique way of answering these sorts of questions raised by the Bible. Dialogue poems (sughyotho) offer lively, thought-provoking, and often delightful re-imaginings of Biblical events. They expand the Biblical stories, giving the familiar characters more dialogue and describing their inner thoughts. The collection provides five dialogue poems featuring Mary, in Syriac original with facing English translation. ER -