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'let Us Die That We May Live'

Greek Homilies on Christian Martyrs from Asia Minor, Palestine and Syria C.350-c.450 AD

  • Hardback
  • 256 pages
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.7 cm

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The cult of the saints - martyrs being the most notable among them - was an important feature of the daily life of Early Christian communities. The supernatural powers believed to reside in the saints' relics attracted many visitors to their sanctuaries, and inspired a variety of devotional practices. The homily on the martyr was a culmination of the yearly feast - day in and around each sanctuary. This book presents fresh, lively translations of fourteen such homilies, the majority for the first time in English. The homilies were delivered in some of the main cities of the Greek East of the later Roman Empire, by well-known figures such as Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa and John Chrysostom, as well as the equally gifted preachers, Asterius of Amasea and Hesychius of Jerusalem. Each author receives a separate introduction, and each homily also has its own introduction and notes. The main introduction gives useful background information on the cult of the martyrs in Roman Asia Minor, Palestine and Syria, and on the martyr homily as a literary genre, while also presenting possible methodological approaches to the texts.Let Us Die That We May Live offers an approacha surprising, and not always reverent insight into the life of the Early Church. It reveals the full importance of the martyr homily in terms of style, treatment of its subject, and social and liturgical issues, in a way that will be useful across disciplines such as theology, classical studies and religion.
\'let Us Die That We May Live\' and Preaching After Easter: Mid-Pentecost, Ascension, and Pentecost in Late Antiquity
Preaching After Easter: Mid-Pentecost, Ascension, and Pentecost in Late Antiquity\'let Us Die That We May Live\'

  • Title

    \'let Us Die That We May Live\'

  • Authors

    Pauline Allen +3

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Taylor & Francis Ltd

  • Published

    June 2003

  • Weight

    423g

  • Page Count

    256

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780415240413

  • ISBN-10

    0415240417

  • Eden Code

    1007227

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