TY - BOOK ID - 3036766 TI - The image of the Virgin Mary in the Akathistos hymn AU - Peltomaa, Leena Mari AU - Brill PY - 2001 VL - 35 SN - 09285520 SN - 9004120882 9004475885 9789004120884 9789004475885 PB - Leiden Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Hymns, Greek KW - Hymnes grecs KW - History and criticism KW - Histoire et critique KW - Mary, KW - In literature. KW - Orthodox Eastern Church. KW - In literature KW - Orthodox Eastern Church KW - 245 =75 KW - 248.159.4 KW - Kerkgezang. Hymnologie--Grieks KW - Mariale devotie. Verering van O. L. Vrouw. Mariamaand KW - 248.159.4 Mariale devotie. Verering van O. L. Vrouw. Mariamaand KW - ʻAdhrāʼ KW - Arogyamata KW - Ārōkkiyamāta KW - Birhen ng mga Dukha KW - Blessed Lady KW - Blessed Mother KW - Blessed Virgin Mary, KW - Hagnē Theotokos KW - Madonna, The KW - Mama Mary KW - Mare de Déu KW - Maria, KW - Mariam Astuatsatsin KW - Marie, KW - Marie Théotokos KW - Marii︠a︡, KW - Maryam, KW - Maryja, KW - Meryem Ana KW - Miryam, KW - Mother of God KW - Muíre, KW - Nossa Senhora KW - Our Lady KW - Our Lady of Good Health KW - Our Lady of Sorrows KW - Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament KW - Qiddīsah Maryam KW - Theotokos KW - Vierge Marie, KW - Virgen María KW - Virgin Mary, KW - Virgin of the Poor KW - Ynang Maria KW - مريم KW - مريم العذراء KW - 성모마리아 KW - Our Lady of Emmitsburg KW - Majka Isusova KW - Acathistos KW - Mary, - Blessed Virgin, Saint - In literature KW - Mariam Astuatsatsin, KW - Meryem Ana, KW - Virgen María, KW - Ynang Maria, KW - Literature KW - Mary, - Blessed Virgin, Saint UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3036766 AB - The Akathistos Hymn, the most famous work of Byzantine hymnography, has been enshrined in the Orthodox liturgy since the year 626, and its image of the Virgin Mary has exerted a strong influence upon Marian poetry and literature. Anonymous, undated and highly rhetorical, the hymn has presented a challenge to scholars over the years. This study has been undertaken by an innovative method. The approach brings new insights to the era which brought forth the hymn, and the metaphorical image of the Virgin becomes conceptually accessible to the modern-day reader. The investigation leads to the conclusion that the Council of Ephesus (431) constitutes the most likely historical context for the hymn's composition. The book will be of value to all scholars of early Byzantine and Marian studies. ER -