| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Oxford early christian studies |
|
Oxford early Christian studies.
|
| Contents |
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 |
|
LocationDating; 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 |
|
INTRODUCTIONECCLESIASTICAL 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; 4: Homilies and Reading Communities |
|
INTRODUCTIONTHE AUTHENTICITY OF THE HOMILY ON THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON; THE CHRISTOLOGY OF THE HOMILY ON THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON; THE AUDIENCE AND READERS OF THE HOMILY ON THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON; CONCLUSION; 5: Homilies as Tools for Teaching Theology; INTRODUCTION; THE UNITY AND ARGUMENT OF THE HOMILY ON THE FAITH; AUDIENCES AND READERS OF THE HOMILY ON THE FAITH; THE INSOLENT INTERLOCUTOR: NAMING JACOB'S OPPONENTS; WORSHIPPERS OF A HUMAN: RECASTING CRITICISMS IN A METRICAL HOMILY; THE PAIRING OF MIRACLES AND SUFFERINGS: INVOKING THE HENOTIKON; CONCLUSION |
|
6: Homilies and the Spread of Christological DoctrineINTRODUCTION; TYPOLOGICAL EXEGESIS: THE MIRACLES AND SUFFERINGS OF MOSES; The Homily on "The Lord will Raise a Prophet"; Christological Interpretations of Deuteronomy 18:15-18; Preaching Moses-Christ Typology; The Miracles and Sufferings of Moses and Christ; Summary; EXEGESIS OF A CONTESTED PASSAGE: THE CONFESSION OF SIMON PETER; A Combative Beginning to a Homily; The Christological Debates and Matthew 16:13-20; Preaching Christology in the Midst of Controversy; Summary; CONCLUSION; Conclusion: Homilies as Historical Sources; Table |
| Summary |
"Preaching formed one of the primary, regular avenues of communication between ecclesiastical elites and a wide range of society. Clergy used homilies to spread knowledge of complex theological debates prevalent in late antique Christian discourse. Some sermons even offer glimpses into the locations in which communities gathered to hear orators preach. Although homilies survive in greater number than most other types of literature, most do not specify the setting of their initial delivery, dating, and authorship. Preaching Christology in the Roman Near East addresses how we can best contextualize sermons devoid of such information. The first chapter develops a methodology for approaching homilies that draws on a broader understanding of audience as both the physical audience and the readership of sermons. The remaining chapters offer a case study on the renowned Syriac preacher Jacob of Serugh (c. 451-521) whose metrical homilies form one of the largest sermon collections in any language from late antiquity. His letters connect him to a previously little-known Christological debate over the language of the miracles and sufferings of Christ through his correspondence with a monastery, a Roman military officer, and a Christian community in South Arabia. He uses this language in homilies on the Council of Chalcedon, on Christian doctrine, and on biblical exegesis. An analysis of these sermons demonstrates that he communicated miaphysite Christology to both elite reading communities as well as ordinary audiences. Philip Michael Forness provides a new methodology for working with late antique sermons and discloses the range of society that received complex theological teachings through preaching."-- Publisher's website |
|
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 29, 2018) |
| Subject |
Jacob, of Serug, 451-521.
|
|
Jesus Christ -- Person and offices.
|
|
Jesus Christ -- History of doctrines.
|
| SUBJECT |
Jacob, of Serug, 451-521 fast |
|
Jesus Christ fast |
| Subject |
Preaching.
|
|
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Christology.
|
|
Christology
|
|
Preaching
|
|
Theology, Doctrinal
|
|
Christentum
|
|
Byzantinisches Reich
|
| Genre/Form |
History
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9780192561787 |
|
0192561782 |
|
9780191865916 |
|
0191865915 |
|
