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Title "Let us die that we may live" : Greek homilies on Christian martyrs from Asia Minor, Palestine, and Syria (c. AD 350-AD 450) / Johan Leemans [and others]
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 243 pages)
Contents 1. Basil of Caesarea / P. Allen -- 2. Gregory of Nyssa / J. Leemans -- 3. John Chrysostom / W. Mayer -- 4. Asterius of Amasea / B. Dehandschutter -- 5. Hesychius of Jerusalem / P. Allen
Summary This book presents fresh, lively translations of fourteen such homilies, the majority for the first time in English. The homilies were delivered in some of the main cities of the Greek East of the later Roman Empire, by well-known figures such as Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa and John Chrysostom, as well as the equally gifted preachers Asterius of Amasea and Hesychius of Jerusalem.'Let us die that we may live' offers an approachable, surprising, and not always reverent insight into the life of the Early Church. It reveals the full importance of the martyr homily in terms of
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Christian martyrs -- Turkey -- Sermons
Christian martyrs -- Middle East -- Sermons
Sermons, Greek.
RELIGION -- Christian.
Christian martyrs
Sermons, Greek
Middle East
Turkey
Genre/Form Electronic books
sermons.
Sermons
Sermons.
Sermons.
Form Electronic book
Author Leemans, Johan, 1965-
ISBN 0203413458
9780203413456
9780415240413
0415240417
9780415240420
0415240425
1134551436
9781134551439
1280073144
9781280073144