Heavenly sustenance in patristic texts and byzantine iconography : nourished by the word /: nourished by the word. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elena Ene D-Vasilescu.
• Authors: Ene D-Vasilescu, Elena
• Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Connection Between Heavenly Nurture and Biological Sustenance in the Ancient World.- Chapter 3. Other Faith Encounters and Instances of Milk Nourishment.- Chapter 4. Anne's Veneration as a Part of the Cult of the Saints.- Chapter 5. Patristic Texts about Saint Anne's Role as an Intercessor with Regard to the Alleviation of People's Barrenness and Healing in General.- Chapter 6. St. Anne as the Prototype of a Saint Connected with Healing and Nourishing in Various Literary Sources, Including the Apocrypha.- Chapter 7. Anna lactans/Galaktotrophousa Iconographic Motif Between the Twelfth and the Fourteenth Centuries.- Chapter 8. The Bogomils and Iconography.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 281.1; Theology -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Byzantine Empire -- Religion
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319989860
• Related ISBNs: 9783319989853
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