By looking at liturgy, performance, prayer, poetry, and the material culture of worship, this book forges a new conversation about the diversity of Christianities in the medieval eastern Mediterranean, centered on the history of practice. It studies prayer and worship in the variety of Christian communities that thrived from late antiquity to the middle ages: Byzantine Orthodoxy, Syrian Orthodoxy, and the Church of the East. Rather than focusing on doctrinal differences and analyzing divergent patterns of thought, the essays address common patterns of worship, individual and collective prayer,…mehr
By looking at liturgy, performance, prayer, poetry, and the material culture of worship, this book forges a new conversation about the diversity of Christianities in the medieval eastern Mediterranean, centered on the history of practice. It studies prayer and worship in the variety of Christian communities that thrived from late antiquity to the middle ages: Byzantine Orthodoxy, Syrian Orthodoxy, and the Church of the East. Rather than focusing on doctrinal differences and analyzing divergent patterns of thought, the essays address common patterns of worship, individual and collective prayer, hymnography and liturgy, as well as the indigenous theories that undergirded Christian practices.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony is Associate Professor and Martin Buber Chair in Comparative Religion, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Derek Krueger is the Joe Rosenthal Excellence Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.
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List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction - Prayer, Worship, and Ritual Practice Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony and Derek Krueger Chapter 1 - Theories of Prayer in Late Antiquity: Doubts and Practices from Maximos of Tyre to Isaac of Nineveh Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony Chapter 2 - Prayer and the Body according to Isaac of Nineveh Sabino Chialà Chapter 3 - Psalms and Prayer in Syriac Monasticism: Clues from Psalter Prefaces and their Greek Sources Columba Stewart Chapter 4 - Expressions of Prayer in Late Antique Inscriptions in the Provinces of Palaestina and Arabia Leah Di Segni Chapter 5 - Renovation and the Early Byzantine Church: Staging Past and Prayer Ann Marie Yasin Chapter 6 - The Power of the Eucharist in Early Medieval Syria: Grant for Salvation or Magical Medication? Volker Menze Chapter 7 - The Transmission of Liturgical Joy in Byzantine Hymns for Easter Derek Krueger Chapter 8 - Greek Kanons and the Syrian Orthodox Liturgy Jack Tannous Chapter 9 - Various Orthodoxies: Feasts of the Incarnation of Christ in Jerusalem during the First Christian Millennium Daniel Galadza Chapter 10 - The Therapy for Grief and the Practice of Incubation in Early Medieval Palestine: The Evidence of the Syriac Story of a Woman from Jerusalem Sergey Minov Chapter 11 - Apocalyptic Poems in Christian and Jewish Liturgy in Late Antiquity Hillel I. Newman Bibliography Index
List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction - Prayer, Worship, and Ritual Practice Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony and Derek Krueger Chapter 1 - Theories of Prayer in Late Antiquity: Doubts and Practices from Maximos of Tyre to Isaac of Nineveh Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony Chapter 2 - Prayer and the Body according to Isaac of Nineveh Sabino Chialà Chapter 3 - Psalms and Prayer in Syriac Monasticism: Clues from Psalter Prefaces and their Greek Sources Columba Stewart Chapter 4 - Expressions of Prayer in Late Antique Inscriptions in the Provinces of Palaestina and Arabia Leah Di Segni Chapter 5 - Renovation and the Early Byzantine Church: Staging Past and Prayer Ann Marie Yasin Chapter 6 - The Power of the Eucharist in Early Medieval Syria: Grant for Salvation or Magical Medication? Volker Menze Chapter 7 - The Transmission of Liturgical Joy in Byzantine Hymns for Easter Derek Krueger Chapter 8 - Greek Kanons and the Syrian Orthodox Liturgy Jack Tannous Chapter 9 - Various Orthodoxies: Feasts of the Incarnation of Christ in Jerusalem during the First Christian Millennium Daniel Galadza Chapter 10 - The Therapy for Grief and the Practice of Incubation in Early Medieval Palestine: The Evidence of the Syriac Story of a Woman from Jerusalem Sergey Minov Chapter 11 - Apocalyptic Poems in Christian and Jewish Liturgy in Late Antiquity Hillel I. Newman Bibliography Index
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