ISBN10: 9004120882, ISBN13: 9789004120884, [publisher: Leiden : Brill] Hardcover xii, 242 pages ; 25 cm. Contents: Machine generated contents note: Chapter One Introduction 21 -- What is the Akathistos Hymn? 21 -- Subject and Aim of the Study 24 -- Methodological Considerations 26 -- Chapter Two Description of the Hymn 31 -- The Structure and the Subject 31 -- The Salutations 36 -- Chapter Three State of the Research 40 -- Chapter Four A New Approach to the Akathistos Hymn 49 -- The Ephesian Context 50 -- The Theotokos Controversy 54 -- The Veneration of Mary 62 -- Homily 39 of' Basil of Seleucia' 77 -- Christology 85 -- Proclus of Constantinople as a Marian Preacher 101 -- Date of Composition 113 -- Chapter Five The Image: A Structural Analysis 115 -- Research Method 115 -- The Metaphorical Language 116 -- The Concepts 125 -- The Virgin 126 -- The Second Eve 128 -- The Theotokos 135 -- Analysis 139 -- Rereading the Akathistos Hymn 205 -- Conclusion on the Image of the Virgin Mary 215 -- Chapter Six Epilogue 217 -- Bibliography 219 -- The References to Christ in the Akathistos Hymn 231 -- Index of Greek Words Appearing in the Akathistos Hymn 233 -- General Index 240.
[Chadwell Heath, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]