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Examines the way Christians in Jerusalem prayed This item is not yet
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Provides the first study of Byzantinization of
Jerusalem's liturgy Published: 14 December
2017 (Estimated)
Includes many prayers and hymns from its liturgy
in English translation for the first time 432 Pages

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Description ISBN: 9780198812036

The Church of Jerusalem, the 'mother of the churches of God', influenced all of Christendom Also Available As:
before it underwent multiple captivities between the eighth and thirteenth centuries: first,
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political subjugation to Arab Islamic forces, then displacement of Greek-praying Christians by
Crusaders, and finally ritual assimilation to fellow Orthodox Byzantines in Constantinople. All
three contributed to the phenomenon of the Byzantinization of Jerusalem's liturgy, but only Bookseller Code (AJ)
the last explains how it was completely lost and replaced by the liturgy of the imperial
capital, Constantinople. The sources for this study are rediscovered manuscripts of
Jerusalem's liturgical calendar and lectionary. When examined in context, they reveal that
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the devastating events of the Arab conquest in 638 and the destruction of the Holy
Sepulchre in 1009 did not have as detrimental an effect on liturgy as previously held.
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Instead, they confirm that the process of Byzantinization was gradual and locally-effected,
rather than an imposed element of Byzantine imperial policy or ideology of the Church of
Constantinople. Originally, the city's worship consisted of reading scripture and singing Connect with OUP
hymns at places connected with the life of Christ, so that the link between holy sites and
liturgy became a hallmark of Jerusalem's worship, but the changing sacred topography led to
changes in the local liturgical tradition. Liturgy and Byzantinization in Jerusalem is the first
study dedicated to the question of the Byzantinization of Jerusalem's liturgy, providing
English translations of many liturgical texts and hymns here for the first time and offering a
glimpse of Jerusalem's lost liturgical and theological tradition.

Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Liturgy and Context
1: Liturgy in Byzantine Jerusalem
2: The Historical Contexts of Byzantinization
Part II: Byzantinization of the Liturgy of St James, the Calendar, and the
Lectionary
3: The Liturgy of St James
4: The Liturgical Calendar of Jerusalem
5: The Lectionary of Jerusalem
Conclusion: Worship in Captivity
Appendix 1: Liturgical Manuscripts
Appendix 2: Maps and Plans
Glossary
Bibliography
Online Resources

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Daniel Galadza, Assistant Professor in the Department for Historical Theology, University of
Vienna

Daniel Galadza is Assistant Professor in the Department for Historical Theology at the
University of Vienna. His research interests include Church History, Orthodox Christianity,
and Byzantine Studies.

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