The life of the Virgin / Maximus the Confessor ; translated with an introduction and notes by Stephen J. Shoemaker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maximus, Confessor, Saint, approximately 580-662.

Contributor:

Shoemaker, Stephen J., 1968-

Language:

English

French

Georgian

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Early works to 1800.

Mary.

Theology, Doctrinal--Early works to 1800.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 215 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

Translated into English.

Summary:

Long overlooked by scholars, this seventh-century Life of the Virgin, attributed to Maximus the Confessor, is the earliest complete Marian biography. Originally written in Greek and now surviving only in Old Georgian, it is now translated for the first time into English. It is a work that holds profound significance for understanding the history of late ancient and medieval Christianity, providing a rich source for understanding the history of Christian piety.This Life is especially remarkable for its representation of Mary's prominent involvement in her son's ministry and her leadership of the early Christian community. In particular, it reveals highly developed devotion to Mary's compassionate suffering at the Crucifixion, anticipating by several centuries an influential medieval style of devotion known as "affective piety" whose origins generally have been confined to the Western High Middle Ages.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1. BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD1

Chapter 2. THE ANNUNCIATION

Chapter 3. THE NATIVITY

Chapter 4. THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE

Chapter 5. THE REVELATION (OR THE EPIPHANY)

Chapter 6. ON THE PASSION

Chapter 7. ON THE RESURRECTION

Chapter 8. THE DORMITION

Chapter 9. CONCLUSION

Appendix: A Guide to Liturgical Reading of the Life of the Virgin

NOTES

INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS

INDEX OF BIBLICAL CITATIONS AND REFERENCES (INCLUDING THE PROTEVANGELIUM OF JAMES)

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613691101

9781280780714

1280780711

9780300183726

0300183720

OCLC:

1043359903