Problems in the Early History of Liturgy
Mission Statement
Our mission is to study issues in Christian and Jewish liturgical history through the early centuries of the common era.
Convener
Maxwell E. Johnson
Department of Theology
University of Notre Dame
432 Malloy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Office: 574-631-4118
Maxwell.E.Johnson.254@nd.edu
2008 Academy Meeting Agenda
Robert Taft, "Worship on Sinai in the First Christian Millennium."
Sister Vassa Larin, "The Commemoration of Civil Authorities in the Late-Byzantine and Muscovite Euchology Traditions: Past and Present."
Ruth Langer, "Memory."
Stephanie Perdew, "Update on Research on the Apostolic Church Order."
Harald Buchinger, "Resumé of a Paper on the Etymologies of "Pascha."
Patrick Regan, "The Influence of Jerusalem on the Paschal Lucernarium."
Reuven Kimelman, "The Meaning and Structure of the Classical Rabbinic Shema
Liturgy."
Nicholas Russo, "The Role of Secret Mark in the Origins of Lent."
Vitaly Permiakov, "Byzantine Dedication Rites."
Number of participants: 12-15
Papers Online
A list of papers developed by members from this seminar will appear here
Previous Seminar Reports
See seminar reports from annual meetings dating back to 2002:
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