The Life of the Virgin Mary According to Middle Byzantine Preachers and Hagiographers: Changing Contexts and Perspectives

This article examines the Byzantine homiletic and hagiographical treatment of the Virgin Mary, “Theotokos” or “Birth-giver of God”, seeking to determine why diverse narratives concerning this holy figure began to appear from about the early ninth century onward (assuming, in agreement with Phil Boot...

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Main Author: Cunningham, Mary B. 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brepols [2016]
In: Apocrypha
Year: 2016, Volume: 27, Pages: 137-159
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Byzantine Empire / Orthodox Church / Maria, von Nazaret, Biblische Person / Sermon / Hagiography / History 800-1000
IxTheo Classification:KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages
KBK Europe (East)
KCD Hagiography; saints
KDF Orthodox Church
NBJ Mariology
RE Homiletics
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