Overview

The Orthodox Church understands the Holy Scriptures to be the fountainhead of Tradition. The stories read in the Bible are commonly explored and elaborated in greater depth in liturgical hymns, homilies, and patristic writings. Such is the case with the account found in St Luke's gospel of a sinful woman who anoints Christ with precious oil shortly before his Passion and Crucifixion. The woman's story is taken up in the liturgical tradition of the Orthodox Church in Holy Week, where she is held up as an example of repentance and unconstrained love. In this in-depth but readable study the biblical accounts are elaborated through both the liturgical and oratorical tradition of the Church, as found primarily in Greek and Syriac manuscripts, with particular attention given to the former texts, too often overshadowed by the latter. Previously inaccessible texts of late antiquity, such as homilies by Amphilochius of Iconium and Ephrem Graecus, are found here in English for the first time, together with fresh English renderings of other sermons. This sharply honed and well-constructed work will engage all who encounter the story of the sinful woman in the living tradition of worship in the Orthodox Church, as well as those who are introduced to her through Scripture, liturgical poetry, or scholarly consideration. The present work unveils the intricate nature of the tradition of the Church, which gives greater scope and application to the biblical record through its hymnography and oratory. AUTHOR: Kevin James Kalish holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University and is Professor of English at Bridgewater State University. He is also a priest of the New England Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America.

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Author:   Kevin James Kalish
Publisher:   Holy Trinity Publications
Imprint:   Holy Trinity Publications
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9781942699408

ISBN 10:   1942699409
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   06 September 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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PREFATORY MATERIAL ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ DEDICATION_x000D_ _x000D_ PREFACE_x000D_ _x000D_ ABBREVIATIONS_x000D_ _x000D_ SHORT TITLES AND A NOTE ON TEXTS ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á._x000D_ _x000D_ PART I. EARLIEST DEVELOPMENTS OF THE SINFUL WOMANÔÇÖS STORY. ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION. ┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ LUKE 7:36-50 _x000D_ _x000D_ THE STORY OF THE SINFUL WOMAN _x000D_ _x000D_ THE GOSPEL ACCOUNTS ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ HOW MANY WOMEN? MARY MAGDALENE?_x000D_ _x000D_ FILLING IN THE GAPS _x000D_ _x000D_ GENRES OF EARLY CHRISTIAN WRITING: HOMILY, APOCRYPHA, HAGIOGRAPHY, GREEK NOVEL, HYMN ┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ WAYS OF STORY-TELLING_x000D_ _x000D_ SCOPE PLAN OF THE BOOK ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ CENTRAL ARGUMENT_x000D_ _x000D_ CHAPTER TWO. EPHREM THE SYRIAN AND THE SYRIAC TRADITION ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ INTRODUCTION ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ CHRISTIANITY AND THE WORLD OF LATE ANTIQUITY ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ EPHREM AND THE BEGINNING OF CHRISTIAN POETRY ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ EPHREM THE SYRIANÔÇÖS VERSE HOMILY ON THE SINFUL WOMAN ┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ EPHREM THE SYRIANÔÇÖS INVENTION OF THE MYRRH-SELLER_x000D_ _x000D_ CHAPTER THREE. AMPHILOCHIUS OF ICONIUM, THE NEGLECTED CAPPADOCIAN ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ INTRODUCTION ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ AMPHILOCHIUS OF ICONIUM, ON THE SINFUL WOMAN WHO ANOINTED THE LORD WITH MYRRH; AND ON THE PHARISEE (HOMILY 4). ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ THE SINFUL WOMAN AND JUDAS: AMPHILOCHIUSÔÇÖ USE OF BIBLICAL MODELS ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ INTERIOR MONOLOGUE_x000D_ _x000D_ SHAMELESSNESS TRANSFORMED INTO BOLDNESS ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ PART II. GREEK EPHREMÔÇÖS HOMILY ON THE REPENTANT HARLOT ┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ CHAPTER FOUR. PHENOMENON OF THE GREEK EPHREM_x000D_ _x000D_ INTRODUCTION ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ MEETING OF BASIL AND EPHREM ┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ OVERVIEW OF THE HOMILY ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ CHAPTER FIVE. TRANSLATION OF GREEK EPHREM'S HOMILY THE REPENTANT HARLOT _x000D_ _x000D_ PROLOGUE ┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ HER THOUGHTS AND PLANS _x000D_ _x000D_ ENCOUNTER WITH THE MYRRH-SELLER ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ THE WOMAN PREPARES HERSELF TO ENTER_x000D_ _x000D_ ARRIVAL AT HOUSE OF SIMON_x000D_ _x000D_ REFLECTION BY THE HOMILIST_x000D_ _x000D_ SIMONÔÇÖS DOUBTS AND THE PARABLE OF THE DEBTORS_x000D_ _x000D_ CHAPTER SIX. SIGNIFICANCE OF GREEK EPHREMÔÇÖS HOMILY THE REPENTANT HARLOT ┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ VOICE OF THE HOMILIST_x000D_ _x000D_ IMAGINING HER VOICE: SILENT SPEECH, INTERIORITY, THE SELF, AND THE POWER OF FICTION_x000D_ _x000D_ DIALOGUE WITH THE MYRRH-SELLER_x000D_ _x000D_ WOUNDED BY THE BEAUTY OF CHRIST_x000D_ _x000D_ ENCOUNTER WITH CHRIST_x000D_ _x000D_ THE PARABLE OF THE TWO DEBTORS: WILL OR OUGHT TO LOVE?_x000D_ _x000D_ PART III: THE SINFUL WOMAN AS A MODEL OF REPENTANCE_x000D_ _x000D_ CHAPTER SEVEN. ROMANOSÔÇÖ ON THE HARLOT_x000D_ _x000D_ ROMANOS INTRODUCTION_x000D_ _x000D_ TRANSLATION OF THE KONTAKION_x000D_ _x000D_ ROMANOS ÔÇ£ON THE HARLOTÔÇØ COMMENTARY_x000D_ _x000D_ CHAPTER EIGHT. THE SINFUL WOMAN IN THE LENTEN TRIODION_x000D_ _x000D_ INTRODUCTION_x000D_ _x000D_ DEVELOPMENT OF THE LENTEN TRIDOION ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ THE SINFUL WOMAN IN THE TRIODION HYMNS ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ THE SINFUL WOMAN IN THE GREAT CANON OF ST. ANDREW OF CRETE ┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ HOLY WEEK AND GREEK EPHREMÔÇÖS THE REPENTANT HARLOT ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ HYMN OF KASSIA THE NUN ┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ CHAPTER NINE. CONCLUSION_x000D_ _x000D_ WHY THE SINFUL WOMAN? BOLDNESS, CONTINUAL REPENTANCE, AND PERFECT LOVE _x000D_ _x000D_ HOLY HARLOTS ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ CONTINUAL REPENTANCE ┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ SINFUL WOMAN AND PERFECT LOVE_x000D_ _x000D_ APPENDIX I: LITERARY CONTEXT ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ LATE ANTIQUE RHETORICAL PRACTICES ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ APPENDIX II ┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ LONGER VERSION OF GREEK EPHREMÔÇÖS HOMILY THE REPENTANT HARLOT (RECENSION B) ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ GLOSSARY OF NAMES_x000D_ _x000D_ BIBLIOGRAPHY ┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Kevin James Kalish holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University and is Professor of English at Bridgewater State University. He is also a priest of the New England Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America.

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