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The First Christian Hymnal – The Songs of the Ancient Jerusalem Church: Parallel Georgian–English Texts

Stephen J Shoemaker author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Jerusalem Centre for Near Eastern Studies

Published:9th Aug '19

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This collection offers the first English translation of the oldest known Christian hymnal, a book of hymns which was compiled in Jerusalem during the later 4th or early 5th century. The First Christian Hymnal offers an unmatched resource for understanding the development of early Christian worship and piety, as well as the transmission of Christian doctrine to the unlettered. For too long, this invaluable collection has been almost completely ignored by scholars of early Christianity, having survived only in an Old Georgian translation.

ISBN: 9781944394684

Dimensions: 231mm x 163mm x 31mm

Weight: 738g

338 pages