'Let us die that we may live'

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

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church History, History, Ancient History
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Author: Pauline Allen, Boudewijn Dehandschutter, Johan Leemans, Wendy Mayer ISBN: 9781134551422
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 8, 2003
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Pauline Allen, Boudewijn Dehandschutter, Johan Leemans, Wendy Mayer
ISBN: 9781134551422
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 8, 2003
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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 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.

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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 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.

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