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Names: Gador-Whyte, Sarah, 1983– editor. | Mellas, Andrew, editor.
Title: Hymns, homilies and hermeneutics in Byzantium / edited by Sarah Gador-Whyte, Andrew Mellas.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: Byzantina Australiensia, 0725–3079 ; volume 25 | Includes index. | Summary: “The essays in Hymns, Homilies and Hermeneutics explore the literature of Byzantine liturgical communities and provide a window into lived Christianity in this period. The liturgical performance of Christian hymns and sermons creatively engaged the faithful in biblical exegesis, invited them to experience theology in song, and shaped their identity. These sacred stories, affective scripts and salvific songs were the literature of a liturgical community—hymns and sermons were heard, and in some cases sung, by lay and monastic Christians throughout the life of Byzantium. In the field of Byzantine studies there is a growing appreciation of the importance of liturgical texts for understanding the many facets of Byzantine Christianity: we are in the midst of a liturgical turn. This book is a timely contribution to the emerging scholarship, illuminating the intersection between liturgical hymns, homiletics and hermeneutics”— Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020036629 (print) | LCCN 2020036630 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004439566 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004439573 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Hymns, Greek—History and criticism. | Sermons, Greek—History and criticism. | Hymns—Byzantine Empire. | Sermons, Greek—Byzantine Empire. | Hymns—Homiletical use. | Hermeneutics. | Christianity—Byzantine Empire. | Byzantine Empire—Religious life and customs.
Classification: LCC BV467 .H96 2021 (print) | LCC BV467 (ebook) | DDC 264.009495/0902—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020036629
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020036630
Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface.
ISSN 0725-3079
ISBN 978-90-04-43956-6 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-43957-3 (e-book)
Copyright 2021 by Sarah Gador-Whyte and Andrew Mellas. Published by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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