Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption

Name: Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption
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ISBN: 9780199250752

ISBN-10: 0199250758

ISBN-13: 9780199250752

Edition: 2002

Authors: Stephen J. Shoemaker

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The ancient Dormition and Assumption traditions are a collection of over sixty different narratives, preserved in nine ancient languages, that commemorate the end of the Virgin Mary's life. These traditions have long been overlooked by scholars of early Christianity, no doubt largely because this complicated corpus was insufficiently well known. The present study aims to remedy this situation with a detailed analysis of the earliest traditions of Mary's death, including liturgical and archaeological evidence as well as the numerous narrative sources. Several of the most important narratives are translated in appendices, many appearing in English for the first time. The book will be of…

Book details

List price: $320.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/27/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 476
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

Stephen J. Shoemakeris associate professor of religious studies at the University of Oregon. He lives in Springfield, OR.




Earliest Dormition Traditions



Palestinian Cult of the Virgin



Rival Traditions of Mary's Death



Prehistory and Origins of the Dormition Traditions


Appendices



The Ethiopic Liber Requiei



Earliest Greek Dormition Narrative



Fifth-Century Syriac Fragments



The Ethiopic 'Six Books'



(Ps.-) Evodius of Rome



Jacob of Serug



Palm Narrative Parallels