Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption (Oxford Early Christia...
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Book details
- Author
- Stephen J. Shoemaker
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Christianity
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780199210749
- ISBN-10
- 0199210748
- Vendor: Mia Karts
Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption (Oxford Early Christian Studies)
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ISBN: 0199210748
Author: Shoemaker, Stephen J.
Condition: New
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.The ancient Dormition and Assumption traditions are a collection of over 60 different narratives, preserved in 9 ancient languages, that commemorate the end of the Virgin Mary's life. This study aims to make this collection more accessible by analyzing the liturgical, archaeological, and narrative sources of the earliest traditions of Mary's death. Several of the most important narratives appear here in English for the first time.
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