Preaching in the Patristic era : : sermons, preachers, and audiences in the Latin West / / edited by Anthony Dupont, Shari Boodts Gert, Partoens Johan Leemans.

• TeilnehmendeR: Dupont, Anthony.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: A New History of the Sermon 6.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (553 pages).
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; General Introduction: Religious Literacy and the Role of Sermons in Late-Antique Christianity /; 1 Introduction: Preaching and Listening in Latin?: Start Here /; 2 La Transmission de la Prédication Antique de Langue Latine /; 3 Visual Art and Iconography /; 4 Sermons, Audience, Preacher /; 5 Rhetoric in the Patristic Sermons of Late Antiquity /; 6 Impact, Influence, and Identity in Latin Preaching. The Cases of Maximus of Turin and Peter Chrysologus of Ravenna /; 7 Ambrosius Mediolanensis /; 8 Les Sermons Ariens (Pseudo-Maximinus) /; 9 Augustine of Hippo /; 10 Preaching in Sixth-Century Arles. The Sermons of Bishop Caesarius /; 11 Preaching According to Gregory the Great /; 12 Preaching in Fifth-Century Gaul. Valerian of Cimiez and the Eusebius Gallicanus Collection /; 13 Jerome /; 14 Latin Translations of Greek Homilies /; 15 Leo Magnus /; 16 Maximus of Turin. Two Preachers of the Fifth Century /; 17 Donatist Sermons /; 18 Peter Chrysologus /; 19 Christian Preaching in Fourth-Century Spain /; 20 Zeno, Chromatius, and Gaudentius. Italian Preachers Amid Transition /; Conclusion: Attending to the Word: A Concluding Look at Latin Patristic Preaching and a Vision for the Way Forward /; Biblical Index /; Index of Ancient Names, Titles and Selected Realia /; Index of Modern Names /; Index of Manuscripts /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004363564
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Anthony Dupont, Shari Boodts Gert, Partoens Johan Leemans.

Preaching in the Patristic Era. Sermons, Preachers, Audiences in the Latin West offers a state of the art of the study of the sermons of Latin Patristic authors. Parts I and II of the volume cover general topics, from the transmission of early Christian Latin sermons to iconography, from rhetoric to reflections on the impact of Latin preaching. Part III offers fourteen chapters devoted to Latin preachers such as Augustine, Gregory the Great, Maximus of Turin, and to collections of sermons, such as Arian sermons, preaching in 4th-century Spain, or sermons translated from Greek. By outlining the relevant sources, methodologies, and issues, this volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of Latin patristic preaching. Contributors are Pauline Allen, Lisa Bailey, Andrea Bizzozzero, Shari Boodts, Andrew Cain, Nicolas De Maeyer, François Dolbeau, Jutta Dresken-Weiland, Geoffrey Dunn, Anthony Dupont, Camille Gerzaguet, Bruno Judic, Rémi Gounelle, Johan Leemans, Wendy Mayer, Robert McEachnie, Bronwen Neil, Gert Partoens, Adam Ployd, Eric Rebillard, Maureen Tilley, Sever Voicu, Clemens Weidmann and Liuwe Westra.