Stephen J Shoemaker

The Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The ancient Dormition and Assumption traditions are a collection of over 60 different narratives, preserved in 9 ancient languages, that commemorate the end of the Virgin Mary's life. This study aims to make this collection more accessible by analyzing the liturgical, archaeological, and narrative sources of the earliest traditions of Mary's death. Several of the most important narratives appear here in English for the first time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 146mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 656g
• ISBN-13: 9780199250752
• ISBN-10: 0199250758
• Artikelnr.: 22311544

Autorenporträt

Stephen J. Shoemaker is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Oregon

Inhaltsangabe

1: Earliest Dormition Traditions
2: Palestinian Cult of the Virgin
3: Rival Traditions of Mary's Death
4: Prehistory and Origins of the Dormition Traditions
Appendices
B. Earliest Greek Dormition Narrative
C. Fifth-Century Syriac Fragments
D. The Ethiopic 'Six Books'
E. (Ps.-) Evodius of Rome
F. Jacob of Serug
G. Palm Narrative Parallels