'Let us die that we may live': Greek homilies on Christian Martyrs from Asia Minor, Palestine and Syria c.350-c.450 AD

by Johan Leemans, Pauline Allen, Wendy Mayer, et al.

Book Overview

This book presents fresh, lively translations of fourteen such homilies, the majority for the first time in English. The homilies were delivered in some of the main cities of the Greek East of the later Roman Empire, by well-known figures such as Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa and John Chrysostom, as well as the equally gifted preachers Asterius of Amasea and Hesychius of Jerusalem.
'Let us die that we may live' offers an approachable, surprising,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415240417
• ISBN13: 9780415240413
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.8"