Chapter 2. Romanos the Melodist and the Christian Self

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations and a Note on Texts ix
4. Chapter 1. Shaping Liturgical Selves 1
5. Chapter 2. Romanos the Melodist and the Christian Self 29
6. Chapter 3. Calendar and Community in the Sixth Century 67
7. Chapter 4. Eucharistic Prayers: Compunction and the History of Salvation 106
8. Chapter 5. The Penitential Bible and the Great Kanon of Andrew of Crete 130
9. Chapter 6. The Voice of the Sinner in First-Person Hymns of the Lenten Triodion 164
10. Chapter 7. Liturgies of the Monastic Self in Symeon the New Theologian 197
11. Conclusion.A Communion of Savable Sinners 215
12. Notes 223
13. Bibliography 263
14. Index of Biblical Citations 297
15. General Index 301
16. Acknowledgments 309