'Let us die that we may live' : Greek homilies on Christian martyrs from Asia Minor, Palestine, and Syria (c. AD 350-AD 450)

The Resource 'Let us die that we may live' : Greek homilies on Christian martyrs from Asia Minor, Palestine, and Syria (c. AD 350-AD 450)
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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)
Title remainder
Greek homilies on Christian martyrs from Asia Minor, Palestine, and Syria (c. AD 350-AD 450)
Statement of responsibility
Johan Leemans ... [et al.]
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  • eng
  • grc
  • eng
Summary
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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FlBoTFG
Index
index present
LC call number
BR1604.23
LC item number
.L48 2003eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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