The lamb's high feast : : Melito, Peri Pascha, and the Quartodeciman paschal liturgy at Sardis / / by Alistair Stewart-Sykes.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, v. 42
• Author: Stewart-Sykes, Alistair.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 1998.
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements 42.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 229 pages).
• Other title: Preliminary material /; MELITO, SARDIS AND THE QUARTODECIMANS /; JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN PASCHA /; THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF PERI PASCHA /; PERI PASCHA AND THE QUARTODEClMAN PASCHAL UTURGY /; BIBBLIOGRAPHY /; GENERAL INDEX /; SUPPLEMENTS TO VIGlUAE CHRISTIANAE /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-218) and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004313095
• ISSN: 0920-623X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Alistair Stewart-Sykes.

The purpose of this work is to determine the place of Melito's Peri Pascha in the paschal liturgy of the Quartodecimans at Sardis. Its conclusion is that Peri Pascha constitutes the two parts of the Quartodeciman liturgy. The first part of the work is a liturgical homily on Exodus 12 which was delivered on the eve of Pascha, and the second half is the text of a commemorative ritual which constituted the celebration of Pascha itself. This conclusion is based on a formal examination of the text in the contexts of Graeco-Roman rhetoric and of Jewish and Christian paschal liturgy and theology. This is the first full-length study of Peri Pascha to be published, and the first extensive study of the Quartodecimans since 1953.