Research Catalog

Title

St. Gregory of Nazianzen : poems on scripture / translation and introduction by Brian Dunkle.

Author

Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint

Publication

Yonkers : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

Dunkle, Brian

Description

159 p.; 19 cm.

Summary

In recent years the poetry of St. Gregory has gained admirers for its verbal artistry, rich theology, and psychological insight. Moreover, the Theologian uses verse to engage in extensive biblical exegesis, a project that can seem absent from his more famous orations and letters. This volume translates selections from Gregory's biblical verse, much of which is appearing in English for the first time, facing the original Greek. The heart of the collection is a group of poems that distill the central teachings of the four Gospels in order to train beginners in an approach to the sacred text according to the model of Gregory himself: as an encounter with the living Word of God, who speaks directly to the Christian audience. Other poems included here, while not explicitly exegetical, witness to Gregory's personalizing approach to meeting Christ in scripture.

Series Statement

Popular patristics series, 1555-5755 ; no. 46

Uniform Title

• Poems. Selections. English & Greek
• St. Vladimir's Seminary Press Popular patristics series no. 46.

Alternative Title

• Poems.
• Poems on scripture
• St Gregory of Nazianzus, Poems on Scripture

Subject

• Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint > Translations into English
• Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint
• Christian poetry, Greek > Translations into English
• Theology > Poetry
• Christliche Lyrik
• Griechisch

Genre/Form

• Christian poetry, Early.
• Christian poetry, Greek.
• Poetry
• Translations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-159).

Language (note)

• "Greek original and English translation."

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780881414332
• 0881414336

LCCN

^^2012032243

OCLC

• 811238964
• SCSB-12412331

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library