On the Life of Christ: Chanted Sermons by the Great Sixth Century Poet and Singer St. Romanos (Sacred Literature Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (956 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0761989889 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Accessible mystery. David Melling Fr. Ephrem's translation into crisp, clear modern English makes one of the greatest of all Christian poets accessible to us. The kontakia, verse sermons chanted in the Liturgy, are spiritually profound, theologically insightful meditations on different events in the life of Christ. They are mystical and devotional poems of the highest order. The translator is a remarkable linguist with a subtle sense of the precise meaning of the
Archimandrite Ephrem Lash has selected kontakia by this sixth-century saint that retell and explore the significance of key events in the life of Jesus Christ. Introductory essays by the translator and Professor Andrew Louth, Chair of Cultural History at Goldsmiths College, University of London, a foreword by His All-Holiness Bartholomew I the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, and eighteen original woodcuts round out this collection of classic verse.Sponsored by the International Sacred Literature Trust. Hailed as "the greatest poet of the Greek middle ages," Saint Romanos the Melodist established the kontakion, or chanted sermon, as the poetic voice of the Byzantine Church. Through the rich interweaving of biblical imagery, we approach the Christian mystery in the company of Moses, Elijah, Isaiah, and other prophets and patriarchs as well as the people of the New Testament