Cyril of Jerusalem : bishop and city / Jan Willem Drijvers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drijvers, Jan Willem.

Series:

Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 72.

Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, 0920-623X ; v. 72

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Jerusalem in Christianity.

Cyril, Saint, Bishop of Jerusalem, approximately 315-386.

Cyril.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume deals with the episcopate of Cyril of Jerusalem (350 to 387). Its overall theme is the relationship between the city and its bishop and, in particular, Cyril’s efforts to promote Jerusalem as the Christian city par excellence , by employing Jerusalem’s religious symbols - the holy sites and the Cross. Apart from chapters on Jerusalem in the fourth century C.E. and on the life and works of Cyril, this study discusses important aspects and events of Cyril's episcopacy, such as his pastoral work as an urban bishop of the Jerusalem Christian community, Jerusalem’s liturgy, the rebuilding of the Temple, giving a re-interpretation of the Syriac letter ascribed to Cyril about this event, and Jerusalem’s and Palestine’s religious landscape.

Contents:

Preliminary material

JERUSALEM IN THE FOURTH CENTURY

LIFE AND WORKS

BISHOP, CITY AND LITURGY

PAGANS, HERETICS, JEWS, GNOSTICS AND MANICHAEANS

REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE

PROMOTING JERUSALEM

EPILOGUE

CYRIL AND ARIANISM

SERVICES CELEBRATED BY THE BISHOP OF JERUSALEM

LETTER ATTRIBUTED TO CYRIL ON THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE

PRINCIPAL ANCIENT SOURCES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Plans.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-207) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-91544-7

9786610915446

90-474-0592-7

1-4294-0838-3

OCLC:

191945192

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047405924 DOI