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Long overlooked by scholars, this seventh-century Life of the Virgin, attributed to Maximus the Confessor, is the earliest complete Marian biography. Originally written in Greek and now surviving only in Old Georgian, it is now translated for the first time into English. It is a work that holds prof...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Maximus, Confessor, Saint, approximately 580-662
Other Authors: Shoemaker, Stephen J., 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Georgian
Griego Antiguo
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > Early works to 1800.
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Mariology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
Early works.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1 BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD
  • Chapter 2 THE ANNUNCIATION
  • Chapter 3 THE NATIVITY
  • Chapter 4 THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE
  • Chapter 5 THE REVELATION (OR THE EPIPHANY)
  • Chapter 6 ON THE PASSION
  • Chapter 7 ON THE RESURRECTION
  • Chapter 8 THE DORMITION
  • Chapter 9 CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX
  • NOTES
  • INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS
  • INDEX OF BIBLICAL CITATIONS AND REFERENCES

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