The Slavic Letters of St. Jerome : : The History of the Legend and Its Legacy, or, How the Translator of the Vulgate Became an Apostle of the Slavs / / Julia Verkholantsev.
The Slavic Letters of St. Jerome is the first book-length study of the medieval legend that Church Father and biblical translator St. Jerome was a Slav who invented the Slavic (Glagolitic) alphabet and Roman Slavonic rite. Julia Verkholantsev locates the roots of this belief among the Latin clergy i...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | NIU Series in Orthodox Christian Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 16 illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- PROLOGUE
- 1. ORIGINS: Enigmatic Apostolate
- 2. CROATIA: Empowering Myth
- 3. BOHEMIA: Imperial Aspirations
- 4. SILESIA: A Provincial Exploit
- 5. POLAND: In Prague's Footsteps
- EPILOGUE
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of Names and Subjects
- Index of Primary Sources