Title: The first Christian hymnal : the songs of the ancient Jerusalem church /
Authors: Shoemaker, Stephen J., 1968-
Year: 2018
Subjects: Orthodox Eastern Church Liturgy Texts Translations into English.; Orthodox Eastern Church Hymns Translations into English.; Orthodox Eastern Church Liturgy Texts Translations into Georgian.; Orthodox Eastern Church Hymns Translations into Georgian.; Orthodox Eastern Church; Martyrdom; Liturgics; Martyrdom
Abstract: "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."--