Ancient traditions of the Virgin Mary's dormition and assumption / / Stephen J. Shoemaker.

• Superior document: Oxford early Christian studies
• Author: Shoemaker, Stephen J., 1968-
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Oxford early Christian studies.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (477 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The ancient dormition and assumption traditions are the earliest accounts of the Virgin Mary's departure from this life. They first developed in the eastern Mediterranean during the early Christian period. This book presents a systematic study of these traditions.

Table of Contents

Contens; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Earliest Dormition Traditions: Their Nature and Shape; The Ancient Traditions of Mary's Dormition and Assumption; Conclusions; 2. The Ancient Palestinian Cult of the Virgin and the Early Dormition Traditions; The Ancient Church of the Kathisma and the Origins of the Palestinian Cult of the Virgin; The Church of Mary in the Valley of Josaphat and the Tomb of the Virgin; Christian Eulogiai and the Palestinian Cult of the Virgin; The Origins, Shape, and Development of Marian Cult in Late Ancient Jerusalem

The Emergence of a Stational Marian Liturgy in Early Medieval JerusalemConclusions; 3. Rival Traditions of Mary's Death: The Independent Origins of the Ancient Dormition Traditions; Against the Priority of an Assumptionless Tradition: The Obsequies, the Liber Requiei, and the Palm Traditions; Topography, Liturgy, and the Question of Origins; A Garden Closed and Reopened: Late Ancient Paradise Traditions as Evidence of Independent Origins; Conclusions; 4. The Prehistory and Origins of the Dormition and Assumption Traditions

Early Christian Heterodoxy and the Prehistory of the Dormition TraditionsResistance to Chalcedon and the Origin of the Dormition Traditions; Conclusions; Conclusion; Appendices: Select Translations of Early Dormition Narratives; A. The Ethiopic Liber Requiei; B. The Earliest Greek Dormition Narrative; C. Fifth-Century Syriac Palimpsest Fragments of the 'Six Books'; D. The Ethiopic Six Books; E. The Sahidic Coptic Homily on the Dormition Attributed to Evodius of Rome; F. Jacob of Serug, Homily on the Dormition; G. Parallels to the Liber Requiei from the Early Palm Narratives; Bibliography

IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z