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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;color:#1F497D">The Scriptural Poetics of Syriac Hymnody
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Dr. Jeffrey Wickes,
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Dr. Wickes </span>
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">works in the field of Syriac Literature and Theology, and early Christianity
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">more generally, focusing on the intersection of poetics, exegesis, and identity. His book,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Ephrem the Syrian, the Hymns on Faith”, will appear in 2013.
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<p class="Default"><b>Environment 3 Building, Room 4412 </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Default"><b>Friday March 15, 2013, 4:30p.m. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="Default">All are welcome. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">Jointly sponsored by the Departments of Classical Studies and Religious Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/sites/ca.arts/files/eventposters/Wickes-3.pdf">http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/sites/ca.arts/files/eventposters/Wickes-3.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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