The Life of the Virgin
Maximus the Confessor
Yale University Press
1st Edition
Published on 29. May 2012
192 pages
978-0-300-18372-6 (ISBN)
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Long overlooked by scholars, this seventh-century Life of the Virgin, attributed to Maximus the Confessor, is the earliest complete Marian biography. Originally written in Greek and now surviving only in Old Georgian, it is now translated for the first time into English. It is a work that holds profound significance for understanding the history of late ancient and medieval Christianity, providing a rich source for understanding the history of Christian piety.This Life is especially remarkable for its representation of Mary's prominent involvement in her son's ministry and her leadership of the early Christian community. In particular, it reveals highly developed devotion to Mary's compassionate suffering at the Crucifixion, anticipating by several centuries an influential medieval style of devotion known as affective piety whose origins generally have been confined to the Western High Middle Ages.
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Stephen J. Shoemaker is associate professor of religious studies at the University of Oregon. He lives in Springfield, OR.
Content
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1 BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD
- Chapter 2 THE ANNUNCIATION
- Chapter 3 THE NATIVITY
- Chapter 4 THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE
- Chapter 5 THE REVELATION (OR THE EPIPHANY)
- Chapter 6 ON THE PASSION
- Chapter 7 ON THE RESURRECTION
- Chapter 8 THE DORMITION
- Chapter 9 CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX
- NOTES
- INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS
- INDEX OF BIBLICAL CITATIONS AND REFERENCES
