The hungry are dying : beggars and bishops in Roman Cappadocia /
"Ancient sermons about the poor have often been neglected by scholars in favor of more "theological" themes. Susan R. Holman helps to redress that neglect with this study, the first book-length treatment in any modern language to focus exclusively on a collection of sermons about pove...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Includes translations of Basil of Caesarea - In time of famine and drought; Gregory of Nyssa - On the love of the poor: 1. On good works; 2. On the saying "Whoever has done it to one of these has done it to me" (p. 183-206) |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in historical theology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Ancient sermons about the poor have often been neglected by scholars in favor of more "theological" themes. Susan R. Holman helps to redress that neglect with this study, the first book-length treatment in any modern language to focus exclusively on a collection of sermons about poverty, starvation, and disease by three leading Christian bishops of late Antiquity: Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 231 pages) : map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199834310 0199834318 9781423762300 1423762304 9780195139129 0195139127 |