Preaching Christology in the Roman Near East: a study of Jacob of Serugh
This study develops a methodology for approaching homilies that draws on a broader understanding of audience as both the physical audience and the readership of sermons. It then offers a case study on the Syriac preacher Jacob of Serguh whose metrical homilies form one of the largest sermon collecti...
| Summary: | This study develops a methodology for approaching homilies that draws on a broader understanding of audience as both the physical audience and the readership of sermons. It then offers a case study on the Syriac preacher Jacob of Serguh whose metrical homilies form one of the largest sermon collections in any language from late antiquity. Cover -- Preaching Christology in the Roman Near East: A Study of Jacob of Serugh -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Conventions -- Introduction -- JACOB OF SERUGH AND THE SYRIAC ORTHODOX CHURCH -- THE CHRISTOLOGY OF JACOB OF SERUGH -- HOMILIES AND THE CHRISTOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES IN LATE ANTIQUITY -- CONCLUSION -- 1: The Audience and Readership of Late Antique Homilies -- INTRODUCTION -- ADVANCES IN SCHOLARSHIP ON HOMILIES -- A MORE EXPANSIVE AUDIENCE: THEORIES OF ORAL DELIVERY AND TRANSMISSION -- AUDIENCE ADDRESSED: THE ORAL DELIVERY OF JACOB'S HOMILIES -- Composition of Audience -- Location -- Dating -- Circumstances of Delivery -- Summary -- AUDIENCE INVOKED: THE TRANSMISSION OF JACOB'S HOMILIES -- Delivering and Recording Homilies -- Redacting and Collecting Homilies -- Circulating Homilies -- Summary -- CONCLUSION -- 2: The Christological Debates and the Miracles and Sufferings of Christ -- INTRODUCTION -- EARLY ATTESTATIONS AND PREACHING OF THE CHRISTOLOGICAL PAIRING -- THE PATH TO LEO'S TOME AND THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON -- ZENO'S HENOTIKON AND THE LEGACY OF THE PAIRING -- RECEPTION OF THE PAIRING AMONG JACOB'S CONTEMPORARIES -- CONCLUSION -- 3: Jacob of Serugh's Letters as a Context for his Homilies -- INTRODUCTION -- ECCLESIASTICAL DEBATES: CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE MONASTERY OF MAR BASSUS -- The Monastery of Mar Bassus -- The Debate over the Henotikon -- Renouncing Heretics through the Henotikon -- PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND CHRISTOLOGY: THE LETTER TO THE COMES BESSAS -- Episcopal Correspondence with Public Figures -- Bessas and Edessa -- Miaphysite Christology for a Military Officer -- CHRISTOLOGY BEYOND THE ROMAN NEAR EAST: THE LETTER TO THE HIMYARITES -- The Persecution of the Himyarites -- Miaphysite Missions to Arab Dynasties -- Christology and Consolation -- CONCLUSION. |
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| ISBN: | 0192561782 |