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"Let us die that we may live" : Greek homilies on Christian martyrs from Asia Minor, Palestine, and Syria (c. AD 350-AD 450) /
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 Chrysost...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Griego Antiguo |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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.'Let us die that we may live' offers an approachable, 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 243 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0203413458 9780203413456 9780415240413 0415240417 9780415240420 0415240425 1134551436 9781134551439 1280073144 9781280073144 |