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Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary / Sarah Knight.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity ; 68Publisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (161 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781463243555
  • 9781463243562
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 232.91 23/eng/20211008
LOC classification:
  • BT675 .B5513 2021
  • BT675 .B5513 2021
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- First Publisher’s Note -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Further Reading -- Preface to the translation from the original Syriac into Malayalam in 1924 by the late Rev. Fr. Kuriyakos Pallikkapparambil -- Letter from the first translation’s imprimatur -- Acknowledgements -- Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God -- Book 1. The Birth of Mary, and the Annunciation -- Book 2. The Birth of Jesus -- Book 3. The Flight to Egypt, and the Vision of Patriarch Theophilus of Alexandria -- Book 4. The Child Jesus in Nazareth -- Book 5. The glories that attend the Blessed Virgin Mary’s last days -- Book 6. The Departure of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Prayer of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Prayer for those who are sick
Summary: Different parts of the Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary are known from the second century onwards. Translations and adaptations into Syriac and other languages also became available from very early centuries. The compilation in the Syriac language was translated into Malayalam in 1925, but an English translation containing the full text did not exist at all. This gap has been filled now by this work. Sebastian Brock’s Foreword gives important information on the background and authenticity of the different sources that form the basis of the text. This biography is unique in that it brings together some very early accounts of the birth of Mary, the birth of Jesus, the flight into Egypt, and most importantly, the very rare account of the ‘Dormition’ or ‘falling asleep’ of the Blessed Mother.

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- First Publisher’s Note -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Further Reading -- Preface to the translation from the original Syriac into Malayalam in 1924 by the late Rev. Fr. Kuriyakos Pallikkapparambil -- Letter from the first translation’s imprimatur -- Acknowledgements -- Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God -- Book 1. The Birth of Mary, and the Annunciation -- Book 2. The Birth of Jesus -- Book 3. The Flight to Egypt, and the Vision of Patriarch Theophilus of Alexandria -- Book 4. The Child Jesus in Nazareth -- Book 5. The glories that attend the Blessed Virgin Mary’s last days -- Book 6. The Departure of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Prayer of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Prayer for those who are sick

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Different parts of the Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary are known from the second century onwards. Translations and adaptations into Syriac and other languages also became available from very early centuries. The compilation in the Syriac language was translated into Malayalam in 1925, but an English translation containing the full text did not exist at all. This gap has been filled now by this work. Sebastian Brock’s Foreword gives important information on the background and authenticity of the different sources that form the basis of the text. This biography is unique in that it brings together some very early accounts of the birth of Mary, the birth of Jesus, the flight into Egypt, and most importantly, the very rare account of the ‘Dormition’ or ‘falling asleep’ of the Blessed Mother.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023)