rdf-syntax-grammar
mods: The hungry are dying beggars and bishops in Roman Cappadocia Holman, Susan R. creator text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2001 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xvii, 231 pages) : map "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. Introduction: Placing the poor -- 1. Leitourgia and the poor in the early Christian world -- 2. Hunger : famine, relief, and identity in Basil's Cappadocia -- 3. Penury and divine gift : the poor as fiscal body -- 4. Diseased and holy : the Peri Philoptochias sermons and the transforming body -- 5. Conclusion: Between courtyard and altar -- App. A. Basil of Caesarea, "in time of famine and drought" -- App. B. Gregory of Nyssa, "On the love of the poor" 1: "On good works" -- App. C. Gregory of Nyssa, "On the love of the poor" 2: "On the saying, 'whoever has done it to one of these has done it to me'" Susan R. Holman. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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) a-tu--- de Grote Basilius approximately 330-379 Nyssenus Gregorius approximately 335-ǹ 394 Nazianzenus Gregorius 329-389 Poverty Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600 Cappadocian Fathers Poverty Religious aspects Christianity Sermons History and criticism Sermons, Greek Turkey Cappadocia History and criticism Pères cappadociens Pauvreté Aspect religieux C…