RT Review
T1 Macrina the Younger, Philosopher of God. By Anna M. Silvas
JF The journal of theological studies
VO 59
IS 2
SP 801
OP 804
A1 Hall, Stuart George 1928-
LA English
YR 2008
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/178372403X
AB Anna M. Silvas has already distinguished herself as a translator and interpreter of the monastic life as received by brothers Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa. Now she turns her attention to their sister Macrina the Younger, the eldest of the family, and produces a thorough, soundly based analysis of the life and influence of the saint insofar as that is possible. She tells the tale of the retreat of Emmelia, widowed by the death of Basil the Elder, with her large family from Neocaesarea to Annisa. Her eldest daughter Macrina was betrothed at age 12 (not as young as Maraval says), and when her fiancé died committed herself to ascetic virginity.
K1 Rezension
DO 10.1093/jts/fln119