Writing and Holiness The Practice of Authorship in the Early Christian East Derek Krueger "Lucid, innovative, beautifully written, a real contribution not just to the scholarship of the early Byzantine world but to conceptions of authorship and composition on a theoretical plane."--Margaret E. Mullett, Queens University Belfast "A provocative, stimulating, and complex book, which will reward a close reading by advanced students of Greek hagiography."--Speculum "A delight to read. Erudite yet accessible. . . . A coherent reading of the practice of hagiographical writing as an ascetic...
Writing and Holiness The Practice of Authorship in the Early Christian East Derek Krueger "Lucid, innovative, beautifully written, a real contribution...
Prayer and Worship in Eastern Christianities, 5th to 11th Centuriesforges a new conversation about the diversity of Christianities in the medieval eastern Mediterranean, centered on the history of practice, looking at liturgy, performance, prayer, poetry, and the material culture of worship. It studies prayer and worship in the variety of Christian communities that thrived from late antiquity to the middle ages: Byzantine Orthodoxy, Syrian Orthodoxy, and the Church of the East. Rather than focusing on doctrinal differences and analyzing divergent patterns of thought, the...
Prayer and Worship in Eastern Christianities, 5th to 11th Centuriesforges a new conversation about the diversity of Christianities...
Focusing on the practice of Byzantine Orthodoxy in Constantinople from the sixth to eleventh centuries, Liturgical Subjects examines how hymns, sermons, prayers, and art offered models for Christian self-recognition and scripts for repentance.
Focusing on the practice of Byzantine Orthodoxy in Constantinople from the sixth to eleventh centuries, Liturgical Subjects examines how hymns, sermon...
