Seeing Sanctity: John Chrysostom's Use of Optics in His Homilies on the Saints
This article analyzes John Chrysostom's discursive use of ancient medicophilosophical theories of optics in his homilies on the saints. In his homilies on Saints Meletius, Babylas, Julian, Drosis, Ignatius, and the Maccabean Martyrs, inter alia, Chrysostom uses technical optical terminology and...
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| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2023
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 171-200 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
John, Chrysostomus 344-407
/ Saint
/ Homily
/ Relic veneration
/ Sight
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| RelBib Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KCD Hagiography; saints RE Homiletics VA Philosophy |
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