Homilies on the Song of songs /
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| Author / Creator: | Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394, author. |
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| Imprint: | Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, ©2012. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (liv, 517 pages) |
| Language: | English Ancient Greek |
| Series: | Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 13 Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 13. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11322782 |
| Summary: | Gregory of Nyssa's fifteen Homilies on the Song of Songs offer an important resource for the history of Christian biblical exegesis, as well as for the history of Christian ascetical and spiritual teaching, and stand alongside Origen's commentary on the Song as a source for the later interpretative tradition. In addition to offering the original text and an English translation of all fifteen homilies, Norris provides an analysis of the characteristic themes of Gregory's ascetical teaching, emphasizes its connection in his mind with the institution of baptism, and stresses the degree to which Gregory sees the teaching of the Song as addressed not to a special class of believers but to any and all Christians. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (liv, 517 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-503) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780884141747 0884141748 9781589831056 1589831055 |