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Preacher and Audience : Studies in Early Christian and Byzantine Homiletics / Cunningham, Pauline Allen.
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- Series:
- New history of the sermon ; v. 1.
- Brill's Companions to Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies Online I, ISBN ; 9789004389205.
- A New History of the Sermon ; v. 1
- Brill's Companions to Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies Online I, ISBN: 9789004389205
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sermons, Greek--Byzantine Empire--History and criticism.
- Sermons, Greek.
- Byzantine Empire.
- Sermons, Greek--History and criticism.
- Preaching--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Preaching.
- History.
- Preaching--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Sermons, Medieval--History and criticism.
- Sermons, Medieval.
- Preaching--Byzantine Empire--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Brill's Companions to Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies Online.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 1998.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 13 studies on Greek-speaking preachers and audiences in a period from the beginning of the second century A.D. to the beginning of the tenth century cover themes including the identity of Greek-speaking preachers, the circumstances of delivery, the different genres of homiletic, the adaptation of the tropes of Classical rhetoric by Christian preachers, the subject matter of sermons, exegetical approaches, the preparation, redaction and transmission of sermons, the audiences for sermons and their composition, the location and circumstances of preaching, and the interaction between preacher and audience. Each chapter is accompanied by a summary biblography of the most important primary source and secondary literature.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Preacher and Audience: Studies in Early Christian and Byzantine Homiletics
- ISBN:
- 9789004391666
- OCLC:
- 38898095
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004391666 DOI
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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