Praying with Tears in Eastern Christian Traditions
With an Introduction by Sebastian P. Brock
Edited by Ephrem A. Ishac
Hardback (Published)
(July 2026)
ISBN: 9783447125925
7.87 x 5.31 inches
Price: $45.00
In stock
Among the wide variety of Eastern Christian worship, one of the most profound phenomena is the act of praying with tears. Woven into the very fabric of ancient liturgical prayers and hymns, this practice raises important questions: Are these tears an expression of deep, repentant sadness, or do they reflect inner spiritual joy?
Growing out of a 2023 mini-symposium held at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, this volume offers a thorough scholarly investigation of these questions. Introduced by Sebastian P. Brock, a distinguished group of scholars explores the rich history and theological meaning of holy tears across the Syriac, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Georgian, and Byzantine Christian traditions.
Among the wide variety of Eastern Christian worship, one of the most profound phenomena is the act of praying with tears. Woven into the very fabric of ancient liturgical prayers and hymns, this practice raises important questions: Are these tears an expression of deep, repentant sadness, or do they reflect inner spiritual joy?
Growing out of a 2023 mini-symposium held at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, this volume offers a thorough scholarly investigation of these questions. Introduced by Sebastian P. Brock, a distinguished group of scholars explores the rich history and theological meaning of holy tears across the Syriac, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Georgian, and Byzantine Christian traditions.
- Edited by Ephrem A. Ishac
Similar Books
‘For You I Study, For You I Work, For You I Live, For You I Am Ready To Even Give My Life’
Essays in Honour of Francis (Frank) J Moloney, SDB
A Late Antique Harrowing of Hell and Its Medieval Reception
Eusebius of Alexandria's Sermons 15 and 17 (CPG 5524; 5526) and their Latin Rewritings
Volume 99
Ars Prophetica
Theology in the Poetry of Twentieth-Century Hebrew Poets Avraham Halfi, Shin Shalom, Amir Gilboa, and T. Carmi
As Messianism Turns to Heresy
The Regenstein Chair Lectures On Lurianic Kabbalah and Shabbatai Tzevi at Hebrew Union College - Cincinnati
Drunk the Potion, No Whit Charmed
The Doctrine of Pure and Perfect Souls from Iamblichus to Damascius
Extracanonical Traditions and the Holy Land
Texts, Rituals, and Material Culture in Late Antique Palestine
Fear, Fear of God, God-Fearers
Philological and Historical Perspectives on the World of Ancient Judaism and Christianity
Islamic Rituals Beyond the Mosque
Historical Evolution of Prayer and Devotion in Physical Space and Cyberspace
Legal Visuality
Exegesis, Ambiguity, and Dissimulation of the Donation of Constantine in the Early Modern Period
Liturgia semper reformanda
Adaptations and accommodations in the liturgy in light of canon 838 of the Code of Canon Law
