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Author Maximus, Confessor, Saint, approximately 580-662.

Title The life of the Virgin / Maximus the Confessor ; translated with an introduction and notes by Stephen J. Shoemaker
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 215 pages)
Contents CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD -- Chapter 2 THE ANNUNCIATION -- Chapter 3 THE NATIVITY -- Chapter 4 THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE -- Chapter 5 THE REVELATION (OR THE EPIPHANY) -- Chapter 6 ON THE PASSION -- Chapter 7 ON THE RESURRECTION -- Chapter 8 THE DORMITION -- Chapter 9 CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS -- INDEX OF BIBLICAL CITATIONS AND REFERENCES
Summary Long overlooked by scholars, this seventh-century Life of the Virgin, attributed to Maximus the Confessor, is the earliest complete Marian biography. Originally written in Greek and now surviving only in Old Georgian, it is now translated for the first time into English. It is a work that holds profound significance for understanding the history of late ancient and medieval Christianity, providing a rich source for understanding the history of Christian piety. This Life is especially remarkable for its representation of Mary's prominent involvement in her son's ministry and her leadership of the early Christian community. In particular, it reveals highly developed devotion to Mary's compassionate suffering at the Crucifixion, anticipating by several centuries an influential medieval style of devotion known as affective piety
Notes Translated from the Georgian
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Early works to 1800.
SUBJECT Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint fast
Subject RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Mariology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
Genre/Form Early works
Form Electronic book
Author Shoemaker, Stephen J., 1968-
ISBN 9780300183726
0300183720