Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and AssumptionOxford University Press, 2002 - 460 pages The ancient Dormition and Assumption traditions are a collection of over sixty different narratives, preserved in nine ancient languages, that commemorate the end of the Virgin Mary's life. These traditions have long been overlooked by scholars of early Christianity, no doubt largely because this complicated corpus was insufficiently well known. The present study aims to remedy this situation with a detailed analysis of the earliest traditions of Mary's death, including liturgical and archaeological evidence as well as the numerous narrative sources. Several of the most important narratives are translated in appendices, many appearing in English for the first time. The book will be of interest to all scholars of early Christian literature. |
Table des matières
Introduction | 1 |
The Earliest Dormition Traditions Their Nature and Shape | 9 |
The Ancient Palestinian Cult of the Virgin and the Early Dormition Traditions | 78 |
Rival Traditions of Marys Death The Independent Origins of the Ancient Dormition Traditions | 142 |
The Prehistory and Origins of the Dormition and Assumption Traditions | 205 |
Conclusion | 280 |
The Ethiopic Liber Requiei | 290 |
The Earliest Greek Dormition Narrative | 351 |
FifthCentury Syriac Palimpsest Fragments of the Six Books | 370 |
The Ethiopic Six Books | 375 |
The Sahidic Coptic Homily on the Dormition Attributed to Evodius of Rome | 397 |
Jacob of Serug Homily on the Dormition | 408 |
Parallels to the Liber Requiei from the Early Palm Narratives | 415 |
Bibliography | 419 |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption Stephen J. Shoemaker Affichage du livre entier - 2003 |
Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption Stephen J. Shoemaker Aucun aperçu disponible - 2002 |
The Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption Stephen J. Shoemaker Aucun aperçu disponible - 2006 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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