First Christian Hymnal
Subtitle: The Songs of the Ancient Jerusalem Church
Publisher: Brigham Young University
Published: 2019
Language: eng; geo
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781944394684
Subjects: Orthodox eastern church, liturgy; Orthodox eastern church, hymns
Description: "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."--