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Preaching christology in the Roman near East : a study of Jacob of Serugh / Philip Michael Forness.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forness, Philip Michael, author.
- Series:
- Oxford early Christian studies.
- Oxford early Christian studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jacob, of Serug, 451-521.
- Jacob.
- Jesus Christ--Person and offices.
- Jesus Christ.
- Jesus Christ--History of doctrines.
- Preaching.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (339 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-256179-0
- 0-19-186591-5
- 0-19-256178-2
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