A companion to late Antiquity

A Companion to Women in the Ancient World is the first interdisciplinary, methodologically based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world while weaving textual, visual, and archaeological evidence into its approach. Prominent scholars tackle the myriad problems inherent in the interpretation of the evidence, and consider the biases and interpretive categories inherited from centuries of scholarship. Essays and case studies cover an unprecedented breadth of chronological and geographical range, genres, and themes.

A companion to women in the ancient world

Preface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. "What Has the Emperor to Do with the Church?" Persecution and Martyrdom from Diocletian to Constantine 2. "The God of the Martyrs Refuses You": Religious Violence, Political Discourse, and Christian Identity in the Century after Constantine 3. An Eye for an Eye: Religious Violence in Donatist Africa 4. Temperata Severitas: Augustine, the State, and Disciplinary Violence 5. "There Is No Crime for Those Who Have Christ": Holy Men and Holy Violence in the Late Fourth and Early Fifth Centuries 6. "The Monks Commit Many Crimes": Holy Violence Contested 7. "Sanctify Thy Hand by the Blow": Problematizing Episcopal Power 8. Non Iudicium sed Latrocinium: Of Holy Synods and Robber Councils Conclusion Bibliography Index

There is no crime for those who have Christ

The writings of the Church Fathers form a distinct body of literature that shaped the early church and built upon the doctrinal foundations of Christianity established within the New Testament. Christian literature in the period c.100–c.400 constitutes one of the most influential textual oeuvres of any religion. Written mainly in Greek, Latin and Syriac, Patristic literature emanated from all parts of the early Christian world and helped to extend its boundaries. The History offers a systematic account of that literature and its setting. The works of individual writers in shaping the various genres of Christian literature is considered, alongside three general essays, covering distinct periods in the development of Christian literature, which survey the social, cultural and doctrinal context within which Christian literature arose and was used by Christians. This is a landmark reference book for scholars and students alike.

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The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature

1. This terrible custom 2. Church of the traitors 3. Poisonous brood of vipers 4. Archives of memory 5. City of denial 6. Ravens feeding on death 7. Little foxes, evil women 8. Guardians of the people 9. In the house of discipline 10. Sing a new song 11. Kings of our age 12. We choose to stand 13. Athletes of death 14. Bad boys 15. Men of blood 16. Divine winds Appendix A. Bishops and bishoprics in Africa: the numbers Appendix B. Origins of the division: chronology Appendix C. The Catholic conference of 348 Appendix D. The peasant jacquerie of Axido and Fasir Appendix E. The mission of Paul and Macarius Appendix F. Historical fictions: interpreting the circumcellions Appendix G. The archaeology of suicide Appendix H. African sermons.

Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine

13 studies on Greek-speaking preachers and audiences in a period from the beginning of the second century A.D. to the beginning of the tenth century cover themes including the identity of Greek-speaking preachers, the circumstances of delivery, the different genres of homiletic, the adaptation of the tropes of Classical rhetoric by Christian preachers, the subject matter of sermons, exegetical approaches, the preparation, redaction and transmission of sermons, the audiences for sermons and their composition, the location and circumstances of preaching, and the interaction between preacher and audience. Each chapter is accompanied by a summary biblography of the most important primary source and secondary literature.

Preacher and audience : studies in early Christian and Byzantine homiletics

L'article traite de l'audience aux predications de Jean Chrysostome, a sa diversite et a son homogeneite, et des recherches faites sur cette question, a partir de ses homelies.

Who came to hear John Chrysostom preach ? Recovering a late fourth-century preacher's audience

Feast, fast or famine : food and drink in Byzantium

Introduction Martyrium and Relics: the Centre of the Martyr Cult The Yearly Paneguris Martyr Homilies Approaching the Homilies: Possibilities and Limits Notes TEXTS I.Basil of Caesarea General Introduction A Homily on Martyr Gordius A Homily on the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste Notes II Gregory of Nyssa General Introduction A Homily on Theodore the Recruit First Homily on the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste Notes III John Chrysostom General Introduction A Homily on the Holy Martyrs A Homily on Julian the Martyr A HOmily on the Martyr Babylas A Homily on Pelagia, Virgin and Martyr Notes IV Asterius of Amasea General Introduction A Homily on Phocas Ecphrasis on the Holy MArtyr Euphemia A Homily on Stephen the First Martyr Notes V. Hesychius of Jerusalem General Introduction A Homily in Praise of Stephen the First Martyr A Homily in Praise of Saint Procopius Noties Bibliography Index

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

L'A. etudie le role des femmes dans la vie de Jean Chrysostome et dans la vie de l'Eglise de Constantinople entre 398 et 407. Il utilise les travaux de Clark, Liebeschuetz, Broc et Delmaire pour les informations trouvees dans les lettres, sermons et autres sources de Jean Chrysostome. Il presente tout d'abord ces femmes : Olympias, Eudoxia, Eugraphia, Castricia et Marsa qui appartiennent a la haute societe. A la fin du 4e siecle, les femmes riches ont permit au clerge d'entrer dans la vie politique de Constantinople et d'acceder a l'empereur. Les eveques, grâce a la richesse et a l'hospitalite de ces femmes, pouvaient se rendre dans la capitale et y rester le temps de presenter leur vue et d'influencer le peuple. Elles constituaient une ressource economique pour le clerge tout en leur permettant de rester independant.

Wendy Mayer

Papers

Preacher and audience : studies in early Christian and Byzantine homiletics

Who came to hear John Chrysostom preach ? Recovering a late fourth-century preacher's audience

Feast, fast or famine : food and drink in Byzantium

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

Constantinopolitan Women in Chrysostom's Circle