Life of the Virgin Mary
$38.77
- Hardcover
496 pages
- Release Date
2 August 2023
Summary
The first complete, modern translation of one of the most important Byzantine works of Marian doctrine and devotion.
John Geometres (ca. 935–ca. 1000) was one of the most highly esteemed poets and authors in Byzantium; yet his most important text, the Life of the Virgin Mary, remains largely unknown today. This literary and rhetorical masterpiece stands as a work of outstanding theological sophistication, animated by deeply felt devotion to the Mother of God.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674290808 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0674290801 |
| Author: | John Geometres, Maximos Constas, Christos Simelidis |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 2 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 133mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library |
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Critics Review
An invaluable contribution to the fields of Byzantine literature, Mariology, and Eastern church history. Scholars will now be able to study a text that captures the complexity and sophistication of full-blown Marian celebration in the Middle Byzantine period…The edition is reliable, complemented not by a critical apparatus but by helpful notes, and the translation elegantly conveys John Geometres’s high literary style while remaining lucid and readable. This book represents an indispensable addition to any library of Byzantine, and indeed Western medieval, Mariology. – Mary B. Cunningham * Speculum *
John Geometres
Maximos Constas is Professor of Patristics and Orthodox Spirituality at Holy Cross School of Theology in Brookline, MA. Christos Simelidis is Assistant Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Philology and Literature at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki.
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