Search for the Origins of Christian Worship Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy

Name: Search for the Origins of Christian Worship Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy
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ISBN: 9780195080506

ISBN-10: 0195080505

ISBN-13: 9780195080506

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Authors: Paul F. Bradshaw

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This is a substantially expanded and completely revised verision of Bradshaw's classic account, first published in 1993. Traditional liturgical scholarship has generally been marked by an attempt to fit together the various pieces of evidence for the practice of early Christian worship in sucha way as to suggest that a single, coherent line of evolution can be traced from the apostolic age to the fourth century. Bradshaw examines this methodology in the light of recent developments in Jewish liturgical scholarship, of current trends in New Testament studies, and of the nature of thesource-documents themselves, and especially the ancient church orders. In its place he offers a guide to…

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List price: $60.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/7/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.56" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Preface
Abbreviations
'The rock whence ye were hewn': The Jewish Background of Christian Worship	p. 1
Worship in the New Testament	p. 30
Ten Principles for Interpreting Early Christian Liturgical Evidence	p. 56
Ancient Church Orders: A Continuing Enigma	p. 80
Other Major Liturgical Sources	p. 111
The Evolution of Eucharistic Rites	p. 131
Christian Initiation: A Study in Diversity	p. 161
Liturgy and Time	p. 185
Postscript	p. 205
Index of Modern Authors	p. 206
Subject Index	p. 213
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