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by: J. N. D. Kelly See Larger Image List Price: $36.95 Our Price: $22.45 You Save: $14.50 (39%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $17.97 Third Party New Price: $18.00 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 200 EAN: 9780801485732 ISBN: 0801485738 Label: Cornell University Press Manufacturer: Cornell University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 310 Publication Date: November 05, 1998 Publisher: Cornell University Press Sales Rank: 760524 Studio: Cornell University Press Related Items: On Living Simply: The Golden Voice of John Chrysostom Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography Thirsty For God: A Brief History Of Christian Spirituality St. Francis of Assisi (Dover Philosophical Classics) Jerome: His Life, Writings, and Controversies see more Editorial Review: Product Description: 'No other author has delved so deeply into the life and work of this complex, influential, and tragic figure of the fourth century and produced such a far-ranging but precise, solidly researched, and eminently readable account. . . . Chrysostom emerges as a sympathetic and tragic figure of great integrity, whose human failings contributed and perhaps led to his downfall. . . . Kelly has used a careful analysis of many of John's writings and sermons to present new insights and to confirm details of Chrysostom's life previously considered doubtful; his comments and summaries stimulate one to turn to the originals. Those who are interested in Chrysostom or in this historical period must read this book.'--Catholic Historical Review 'A rewarding . . . read as well as a rich mine of historical information. . . . [The book] is peppered with new, revisionist insights about . . . Chrysostom's life.'--Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'A monumental achievement, which examines with fairness and thoroughness both the primary sources and continuing scholarship on John and his often-stormy episcopacy in Constantinople.'--Christian Century Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Decent Survey of Chrysostom's life J.N.D. Kelly presents a faithful portrait of the great Bishop of Antioch. He highlights John as a solid expositional preacher who rejected the allegorical method of intepretation as popularized by Origen. You learn of Chrysostom's reservations about being worthy enough to be ordained, and his initial interest in the monastic life. You also learn of how long periods of harsh fasting ruined his digestive system, and how for this reason, he preferred to eat alone. You learn of the turbulent ... Read More Rating: - Another Kelly Scholarly Historical Account Kelly is easily recognized as our time's authority on early church matters. Here in similar fashion as his worthy work on Jerome he tackles Chrysostom. He breaks it down nicely into three major components of his life: ascetic, preacher, bishop. The politics of the church and interaction with secular authorities dominate his life, as it does most. John certainly had his prinicples and he chose not to break them. It got him into disfavor with many, thus cumulating at the end ... Read More Rating: - John Chrysostom reviewed A comprehensive treatment of this Eastern Father of the Church. We have not had a study like that of J. N. D. Kelly, unless you count the originally German 2 vol study of C. Baur, translated in 1959. An eminent historian writes about an eminent (and tragic?) personality of the late fourth and early fifth century. Kelly succeeds in making real the (imperial and episcopal) politics of the early 5th century. In addition there is enough of the theology of the time which will influence later christological ... Read More Rating: - Tragic Story of a Non-vindicated Bishop and Heroic Rhetor "John's career ended in failure. ... The tragic episcopate of John Chrysostom opened the struggle of supremacy in the East..." W.H.C. Frend John Chrysostom: Recognized to be among the most powerful orators of the ancient world, John Chrysostom was the most prolific of the Fathers, leaving us with many sermons, letters, treatises and apologetic works. He was an incredible speaker whose sermons often moved his audience to tears or applause. Read More Rating: - A good book that occasionally gets bogged down This book is a very serviceable biography of John Chrysostom, the most famous preacher of the ancient church. It chronicles the entirety of John's life, from the monasticism of his youth, to his subsequent tenure as a priest in Antioch, his bishopric in the imperial capitol, and the quarrels with the bishop of Alexandria and the empress that eventually brought about his downfall. Kelly does an excellent job of showing John's character. We get to see that those things which in some ways were the best ... 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