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200 00$a'Let us die that we may live' $eGreek homilies on Christian martyrs from Asia Minor, Palestine, and Syria (c. AD 350-AD 450) /$fJohan Leemans. [and others]
210  1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2003.
215   $a1 online resource (254 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-227) and indexes.
327   $aCover; 'Let Us Die That We May Live'; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; General Introduction; Introduction; Martyrium and Relics: The Centre of the Martyr Cult; The Yearly Pane?guris; Martyr Homilies; Approaching the Homilies: Possibilities and Limits; Notes; Texts; I: Basil of Caesarea; General Introduction; Texts; A homily on the martyr Gordius; A homily on the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste; Notes; II: Gregory of Nyssa; General Introduction; Gregory's life and writings; Gregory as a homilist; Texts; A homily on Theodore the Recruit
327   $aFirst homily on the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste(Ia and Ib)Notes; III: John Chrysostom; General Introduction; John's life and contribution; The martyr cult at Antioch and Constantinople; Texts; 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; Amasea; Asterius of Amasea; Asterius' writings; Asterius the homilist; The homilies on the martyrs; Texts; A homily on Phocas; Ecphrasis on the Holy Martyr Euphemia; A homily on Stephen the First Martyr; Notes
327   $aV: Hesychius of JerusalemGeneral Introduction; Texts; A homily in praise of Stephen theFirst Martyr; A homily in praise of Saint Procopius; Notes; Bibliography; Primary sources: editions and translations; Editions of texts included in this volume; Translations of texts in this volume prior to our own; Other editions; Secondary literature; Reference works; Books and articles; Scriptural Index; Thematic Index
330   $aThis 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, and not always reverent insight into the life of the Early Church. It reveals the full importance of the martyr homily in terms of 
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