Maria E Doerfler
Biographic Data
| ID | 1123445 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria E Doerfler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria E |
| FAMILY NAME | Doerfler |
| SIGNATURE | DOERFLER M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4939-5739 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
East of Nicaea: Trinitarian Orthodoxy and Its Early Adoption in Unexpected Territory
A commonly asserted dogma of Nicene reception has been the creed’s early and enthusiastic incorporation into the theology of Syriac Christianity’s most famous representative, Ephrem of Nisibis. The latter’s oeuvre indeed directs considerable intellectual firepower against those that sought to subordinate the Son to the Father. Recent scholarship, however, has noted Ephrem’s own ambivalence about aspects of the Nicene Creed, including the famous “…
Are You My Stranger? Developing a Biblical Pedagogy of Migration in Syriac Christian Sources
Migration, in late antiquity as in the present century, was a widespread phenomenon that came at great cost to individuals, families, and communities. The need to care for the “strangers” in their midst accordingly became an active, vibrant concern for Christian leaders already during the first centuries of the Common Era. This is particularly true for Syriac communities, where the commemoration of those who had died far from their homes traces i…
Bishops and Friends: History and Legal Interpretation in Recent Amicus Curiae Briefs before the Supreme Court
With the rise of originalism as an interpretive strategy, history has come to play an increasingly prominent role in the reasoning and methodology of the United States Supreme Court. That development has, by necessity, also shaped the approach to constitutional interpretation taken by other parties, including the large and growing number of groups who file amicus curiae briefs. When the amici in question are religious entities, this article sugge…
The Churches are Empty, the Priests are Silent: Rewriting Ritual in Pandemic Times
The necrosima, a collection of 85 Syriac funerary hymns ascribed to Ephrem the Syrian, encompasses poetry in a variety of metres, commemorating Christians of all ages, genders, social stations, and professional backgrounds. Four of the madrāshê, moreover, distinguish themselves by attending to death on a broader communal scale, namely in the context of pandemic and plague. In both form and context of preservation, these hymns were manifestly part…
Translating Eve: Death and Female Identity in a Funerary Hymn Ascribed to Ephrem
The necrosima, a collection of 85 funerary madrāshê ascribed to Ephrem the Syrian, encompasses hymns in a variety of metres, commemorating Christians of all stations and backgrounds. Scholarly interest in the necrosima peaked in the nineteenth century; in the intervening decades, the hymns have retreated into relative obscurity, a fate precipitated in part by the recognition that few appear to be of genuinely Ephremic vintage. This article partic…
An Earthquake for Pulcheria
Natural disasters feature prominently among the topics that preoccupied late ancient homilists. Earthquakes, droughts, pandemics, and other catastrophes both inflicted untold suffering on their communities and raised pressing questions of interpretation: to whom ought Christians ascribe the origin of these scourges? what message or lessons did they convey? and how could their impact be reconciled with the existence of a loving and powerful deity,…
Jephthah’s Daughter, Sarah’s Son: The Death of Children in Late Antiquity
Forum on Elizabeth A. Clark's The Fathers Refounded: Protestant Liberalism, Roman Catholic Modernism, and the Teaching of Ancient Christianity in Early Twentieth-Century America : Introductory Remarks
The turn of the twentieth century represents an incisive moment in religious thought and theological education. Scholars across Europe and North America were wrestling with the twin influences of Protestant Liberalism and Roman Catholic Modernism, the questions they raised for how to conceive of the origins of Christianity, and how to make them palatable to a rapidly changing world. In her most recent monograph, The Fathers Refounded: Protestant …
Gone but Not Forgotten? Retrieving the Migrant in Late Antiquity
In recent decades, migration has come into increasing scholarly focus as both a historical and a transhistorical phenomenon, with particular periods emerging as foci for migration activity. The latter go hand in hand with high incidences of migrant deaths, responses to which remain swathed in the politics of remembrance and recovery. Both the grave vulnerabilities of migrants and the efforts surrounding their recollection find their echoes not on…
Keeping it in the Family: The law and the Law in Ambrose of Milan’s Letters
Ambrose's Jews: The Creation of Judaism and Heterodox Christianity in Ambrose of Milan'sExpositio evangelii secundum Lucam
In recent years, the writings of Ambrose of Milan have enjoyed a revival of interest in historical and theological circles. The work of scholars like Christoph Markschies, Neil McLynn, Daniel Williams, and Marcia Colish has paved the way for a consideration of Ambrose's exegetical corpus, including his Expositio evangelii secundum Lucam, as well. Readers both ancient and modern have generally remarked upon two of the commentary's features: Its de…
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Ambrose's Jews: The Creation of Judaism and Heterodox Christianity in Ambrose of Milan'sExpositio evangelii secundum Lucam
In recent years, the writings of Ambrose of Milan have enjoyed a revival of interest in historical and theological circles. The work of scholars like Christoph Markschies, Neil McLynn, Daniel Williams, and Marcia Colish has paved the way for a consideration of Ambrose's exegetical corpus, including his Expositio evangelii secundum Lucam, as well. Readers both ancient and modern have generally remarked upon two of the commentary's features: Its de…
Keeping it in the Family: The law and the Law in Ambrose of Milan’s Letters
Gone but Not Forgotten? Retrieving the Migrant in Late Antiquity
In recent decades, migration has come into increasing scholarly focus as both a historical and a transhistorical phenomenon, with particular periods emerging as foci for migration activity. The latter go hand in hand with high incidences of migrant deaths, responses to which remain swathed in the politics of remembrance and recovery. Both the grave vulnerabilities of migrants and the efforts surrounding their recollection find their echoes not on…
Jephthah’s Daughter, Sarah’s Son: The Death of Children in Late Antiquity
Forum on Elizabeth A. Clark's The Fathers Refounded: Protestant Liberalism, Roman Catholic Modernism, and the Teaching of Ancient Christianity in Early Twentieth-Century America : Introductory Remarks
The turn of the twentieth century represents an incisive moment in religious thought and theological education. Scholars across Europe and North America were wrestling with the twin influences of Protestant Liberalism and Roman Catholic Modernism, the questions they raised for how to conceive of the origins of Christianity, and how to make them palatable to a rapidly changing world. In her most recent monograph, The Fathers Refounded: Protestant …
An Earthquake for Pulcheria
Natural disasters feature prominently among the topics that preoccupied late ancient homilists. Earthquakes, droughts, pandemics, and other catastrophes both inflicted untold suffering on their communities and raised pressing questions of interpretation: to whom ought Christians ascribe the origin of these scourges? what message or lessons did they convey? and how could their impact be reconciled with the existence of a loving and powerful deity,…
The Churches are Empty, the Priests are Silent: Rewriting Ritual in Pandemic Times
The necrosima, a collection of 85 Syriac funerary hymns ascribed to Ephrem the Syrian, encompasses poetry in a variety of metres, commemorating Christians of all ages, genders, social stations, and professional backgrounds. Four of the madrāshê, moreover, distinguish themselves by attending to death on a broader communal scale, namely in the context of pandemic and plague. In both form and context of preservation, these hymns were manifestly part…
Translating Eve: Death and Female Identity in a Funerary Hymn Ascribed to Ephrem
The necrosima, a collection of 85 funerary madrāshê ascribed to Ephrem the Syrian, encompasses hymns in a variety of metres, commemorating Christians of all stations and backgrounds. Scholarly interest in the necrosima peaked in the nineteenth century; in the intervening decades, the hymns have retreated into relative obscurity, a fate precipitated in part by the recognition that few appear to be of genuinely Ephremic vintage. This article partic…
Bishops and Friends: History and Legal Interpretation in Recent Amicus Curiae Briefs before the Supreme Court
With the rise of originalism as an interpretive strategy, history has come to play an increasingly prominent role in the reasoning and methodology of the United States Supreme Court. That development has, by necessity, also shaped the approach to constitutional interpretation taken by other parties, including the large and growing number of groups who file amicus curiae briefs. When the amici in question are religious entities, this article sugge…
Are You My Stranger? Developing a Biblical Pedagogy of Migration in Syriac Christian Sources
Migration, in late antiquity as in the present century, was a widespread phenomenon that came at great cost to individuals, families, and communities. The need to care for the “strangers” in their midst accordingly became an active, vibrant concern for Christian leaders already during the first centuries of the Common Era. This is particularly true for Syriac communities, where the commemoration of those who had died far from their homes traces i…
East of Nicaea: Trinitarian Orthodoxy and Its Early Adoption in Unexpected Territory
A commonly asserted dogma of Nicene reception has been the creed’s early and enthusiastic incorporation into the theology of Syriac Christianity’s most famous representative, Ephrem of Nisibis. The latter’s oeuvre indeed directs considerable intellectual firepower against those that sought to subordinate the Son to the Father. Recent scholarship, however, has noted Ephrem’s own ambivalence about aspects of the Nicene Creed, including the famous “…
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