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

by: Leemans, J. Mayer, W. Allen, P. Dehandschutter, B.

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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)

Author:Johan Leemans
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

Contents:
1. Basil of Caesarea / P. Allen
2. Gregory of Nyssa / J. Leemans
3. John Chrysostom / W. Mayer
4. Asterius of Amasea / B. Dehandschutter
5. Hesychius of Jerusalem / P. Allen

x, 243 pages ; 22 cm

Subjects:
early Christianity
Christian martyrs
Christian martyrs Middle East Sermons
Christian martyrs Sermons
Christian martyrs Turkey Sermons
Homilie
Kirchengeschichte
Kirchengeschichte 350-450
Martelaren
Martyrs chrétiens Moyen-Orient Sermons
Martyrs chrétiens Turquie Asie Mineure Sermons
Martyrs chrétiens Turquie Sermons
Märtyrer
Middle East
Pères de l'Église
Quelle
Sermons
Sermons (form)
Sermons grecs
Sermons, Greek
Sermons, Greek Translations into English
Turkey
sermons

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

by: Leemans, J. Mayer, W. Allen, P. Dehandschutter, B.

• ISBN-13: 9780415240420 / 978-0-415-24042-0
• ISBN-03: 0415240425 / 0-415-24042-5
• Routledge, London, 2003

Price: 43,00 EURO

1 copy in stock