Theology and Poetry in Early Byzantium. The Kontakia of Romanos the Melodist, Paperback - ***

Romanos' lively and dramatic hymns are a highlight of Byzantine literary invention. This book examines the rhetorical embodiment of theological the...

Romanos' lively and dramatic hymns are a highlight of Byzantine literary invention. This book examines the rhetorical embodiment of theological the...

A portrait of history's first complex Christian society as seen through the lens of Christian philanthropy and gift giving As the Roman Empire brok...

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionAuthor(s): Jake RansohoffNumber of pages: 400Collection: ExtravagantesPublication date: 2022...

Orthodox Theology in the 20th century and early 21st century

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Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres.

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Jonathan (The George Washington University, USA) SheaNumber of pages: 272Collection: New Directions ...

DescriptionThis study analyses concepts and representations of the soul in the poetry of William Shakespeare and John Donne. During the early moder...

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Explores the poetic imagination as a way of knowing; a way of seeing reality more clearly. Presenting a series of critical appreciations of English...

Reducere. DescriptionIf you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of ancient Rome then keep reading... Three captivating manuscripts in o...

This book explores the relationship between religion and identity in the lives of Welsh women today. Manon Ceridwen James looks at the recent histo...

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This timely book explores what it is like to live in an aged care home: the expectations that new residents and their families enter with, their re...

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Athanasios MarkopoulosNumber of pages: 372Collection: Variorum Collected StudiesPublication date: 2018Dim...

Reducere. If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of ancient Rome then keep reading...Three captivating manuscripts in one book: The...

This is the first comprehensive study of occasional writing in Byzantium, focusing on the literary output of Constantine Manasses. It argues that, ...

The remarkable 1, 000-year history of one of the world's greatest and most misunderstood empiresPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): John Hal...

How and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred years despite disincentives, harassment, and occasional persecution? In this unique...

Dimitris Stamatopoulos undertakes the first systematic comparison of the dominant ethnic historiographic models and divergences elaborated by Greek...

DescriptionThis book tells the extraordinary story of Theodore II Laskaris, an emperor who ruled over the Byzantine state of Nicaea established in ...

Reducere. Have you ever wondered what fairytales teach us about life? About ourselves? About God? The fairy tale inspired poetry within this book will guide ...

Reducere. The present volume is a reprint of Thomas Taylor's 1816 translation of Proclus' "On the Theology of Plato, " by far the most exhaustive and complet...

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Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): S.J.A. TurneyNumber of pages: 368Collection: Wolves of OdinPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 30Cover type: ...

According to Unesco, of the 7, 000 languages spoken in the world, more than half are endangered, with one disappearing every two weeks. This collec...

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Examining Byzantine architecture, Ousterhout identifies the problems commonly encountered in the process of design and construction.Publisher: Univ...

Reducere. Cardinal Ratzinger wrote this book in response to the dialogue going on today concerning theology and the clarification of its methods, its mission...

Uses an interdisciplinary approach combining new archaeological evidence with archival material to reconstruct the lives of rural communities in th...

A pioneering exploration of the performance of hymns in Byzantium over a period of almost four centuries, investigating how hymnody wove together f...