"Mapping uncharted territory in the study of liturgy's past, this book offers a history to contemporary questions around gender and liturgical life. Berger looks at liturgy's past through the lens of gender history, understood as attending not only to the historically prominent …
Margaret Barker has been researching and writing about the Jerusalem temple for over twenty years. Many of her studies have remained unpublished. Here for the first time her work on the roots of Christian liturgy has been brought together.Whereas most scholarship has concentrate…
Margaret Barker has been researching and writing about the Jerusalem temple for over twenty years. Many of her studies have remained unpublished. Here for the first time her work on the roots of Christian liturgy has been brought together. Whereas most scholarship has concentrat…
Praise of Mary in song : the early hymnography -- From Theotokos to Intercessor : the early homiletic witness (ca. 400-600) -- Panegyrics and supplication : homilies from ca. 600-1000 -- Theology in verse : middle Byzantine hymnography -- Narratives about the Panagia : miracle s…
The Virgin Mary assumed a position of central importance in Byzantium. This book examines her portrayal in liturgical texts during the first six centuries of Byzantine history. Focusing on three main literary genres that celebrated this holy figure, it highlights the ways in whi…
Examines the role of the Virgin Mary in Byzantine society, focusing on religious texts that promoted her cult.
Examines the role of the Virgin Mary in Byzantine society, focusing on religious texts that promoted her cult.
