{"title":"Books In English","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-gathering-of-spiritual-riches","title":"A Gathering of Spiritual Riches","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSt Tikhon of Zadonsk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForm: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e536\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— About the Book —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs a merchant gathers various goods from different countries and carries them home and stores them up, so the Christian may gather edifying thoughts and lay them up in the storeroom of his heart, and enrich his soul with them.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon numerous examples from daily life and human relationships, St Tikhon weaves together wisdom on how to live a life pleasing to God. His words are frequently embellished by scripture and together these call the reader to repentance and a fuller embrace of godly living. In a world that typically only values material goods his writing constantly reminds the reader of that which is of true value — the knowledge and love of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reader also finds encouragement in the struggle to overcome sin and to acquire virtue which is the fundamental battle of the Christian as the war is waged against the passions. It is a fight worth the effort. St Tikhon’s message is clear: True riches are not of this world, but of the age to come. These riches both can and should be acquired now. As the reader progresses deeper into this work his soul will find refreshment, purpose and meaning for his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— Author Biography —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt Tikhon of Zadonsk was an 18th century bishop and spiritual writer of the Russian Orthodox Church. Consecrated a bishop in 1761, he zealously and wisely administered the diocese of Voronezh for seven years before retiring to a monastery in Zadonsk due to poor health. In retirement, he was remembered for his deep piety, humility, and love for his fellow man. St Tikhon reposed in 1783 at the age of 59. His incorrupt relics were discovered in 1846 and he was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1861. St Tikhon’s life and works inspired the great Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and he is considered to be an inspiration for the characters of Bishop Tikhon (\u003cem\u003eThe Demons\u003c\/em\u003e) and Alyosha Karamazov and Elder Zosima (\u003cem\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeraphim Englehardt is a freelance translator and editor based in Simpsonville, South Carolina. He has previously translated classics of Russian spiritual literature such as \u003cem\u003eHow to Live a Holy Life\u003c\/em\u003e, by Metropolitan Gregory (Postnikov), and St. Theophan the Recluse's commentary on Psalm 118.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— Contents —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1          The World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2          The Sun\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3          Father and Children\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4          Master and Servant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5          A King and His Honored Subject—a Criminal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6          Captives and Their Liberator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7          A Master and the Servant Whom He Purchased\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8          A Captive and His Liberator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9          Joyous News for Criminals\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10        The King Who out of Compassion Visits People Living in Poverty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11        The Death Penalty for a Condemned Man\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12        A King, Awaited by Citizens, His Arrival in the City, and His Reception by the Citizens\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13        A Low-ranking Person Adopted by a High-ranking Person\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14        A Benefactor and the Ungrateful Man Who Receives a Benefaction from Him\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15        A King and His Subject Who Asks a Favor of Him\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16        The Vine and the Branches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17        Head and Body\u003cbr\u003e18        The Members of the Body among Themselves\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19        Sheep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20        Goats\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21        Shepherd and Flock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22        Bridegroom and Bride\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23        Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24        A Wayfarer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e25        A Wayfarer and a Guide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e26        A Stranger or Wanderer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27        A Citizen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e28        A Dinner or Supper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e29        A Curtain or Veil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e30        A Deaf Man\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e31        A Seed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e32        Sowing and Harvesting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e33        The Right Hand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e34        The Giving King and the Thief of His Gift\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e35        Turn Back! Do Not Go That Way!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e36        Don’t Touch That! It’s Poison!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e37        Weeping\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e38        Debt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e39        A Master Who Is Calling a Servant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e40        Servants Awaiting Their Master\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e41        A Man Summoned to Court\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e42        A Person Covered with Wounds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e43        A Blind Man Restrained\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e44        A Tall Tree in the Midst of Short Trees\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e45        A Sensible Head\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e46        Desire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e47        Happiness\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e48        A Burning Candle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e49        A Sword Hanging over a Head\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e50        A Net\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e51        Drunkenness\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e52        A Mirror\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e53        One Emerging from Darkness, Prison, Captivity, and the Like\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e54        Shame\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e55        I Cannot Escape Anywhere from You\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e56        The Master Is Here\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e57        A King Who Enters a City or House\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e58        Woe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e59        A Good Tree\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e60        Slime or Mud on the Bottom of a Spring\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e61        A Person Who Has Fallen among Robbers and Been Injured by Them\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e62        A Hospital or Infirmary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e63        Poison, Hidden in a Person\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e64        Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e65        Calling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e66        Your Father Has Been Waiting for You a Long Time. Do Not Tarry!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e67        And We Will Go There\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e68        Spring\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e69        Get Up!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70        Livestock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e71        Turning\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e72        Imitation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e73        The Safe Path\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e74        A Mirror\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e75        Plague\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e76        Following Like Cattle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e77        A Lamp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e78        A Blind Man and a Sighted Man Accompanying Him\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e79        A Subject Who Violates the Law in the Presence of His King\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e80        A Servant Offended in the Presence of His Master\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e81        Royal Mercy Promised to Transgressors, and Announced, and Shown to Those Who Turn Themselves Around\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e82        Tares among the Wheat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e83        Why Are You Here?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e84        A Lie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e85        A Hen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e86        A Poultice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e87        Where Are You Going? 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The author unveils the intricate nature of the tradition of the Church that gives the woman a voice and elucidates her backstory through its liturgical poetry, oratory, and other writings. Scholarly consideration is given to all these sources in addressing questions such as:  Who was this woman? Where did she come from? How did she acquire the precious oil? How did she enter into the house of Simon uninvited? How did she perceive her own bold actions?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reader will learn that in the liturgical tradition of the Orthodox Church, as found in the hymnology of Holy Week, this sinful woman is shown to be an example of repentance and unconstrained love. The intricate nature of the hymns and homilies of the Orthodox Church give greater scope and application to the biblical record primarily in Greek and Syriac manuscripts, with particular attention given to the former texts, too often overshadowed by the latter. The author shares previously inaccessible texts of late antiquity such as homilies by Amphilochius of Iconium and Ephrem Graecus found here in English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis in-depth and readable study will engage those who encounter the story of the sinful woman in the living tradition of worship within the Orthodox Church, together with those who have encountered this story in Scripture, or in the course of their academic studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-detail-tabs-stison-block-content-1-0-tab2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKevin James Kalish holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University and is Professor of English at Bridgewater State University. He is also a priest of the New England Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-detail-tabs-stison-block-content-1-0-tab3\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShort Titles and a Note on Texts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePART I - Earliest Developments of the Sinful Woman’s Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e1 - Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLuke 7:36–50\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Story of the Sinful Woman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gospel Accounts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow Many Women? Mary Magdalene?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFilling in the Gaps\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGenres of Early Christian Writing: Homily, Apocrypha, Hagiography, Greek Novel, Hymn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWays of Story-telling\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScope\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlan of the Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCentral Argument\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2 - Ephrem the Syrian and the Syriac Tradition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristianity and the World of Late Antiquity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEphrem and the Beginning of Christian Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEphrem the Syrian’s Verse Homily On the Sinful Woman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEphrem the Syrian’s Invention of the Myrrh-Seller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e3 - Amphilochius of Iconium, the Neglected Cappadocian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmphilochius of Iconium, On the Sinful Woman Who Anointed the Lord with Myrrh; and on the Pharisee (Homily 4)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sinful Woman and Judas: Amphilochius’s use of Biblical Models\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInterior Monologue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShamelessness Transformed into Boldness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePART II - Greek Ephrem’s Homily on the Repentant Harlot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e4 - Phenomenon of the Greek Ephrem\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeeting of Basil and Ephrem\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOverview of the Homily\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e5 - Translation of Greek Ephrem’s Homily The Repentant Harlot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrologue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHer Thoughts and Plans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEncounter with the Myrrh-seller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Woman Prepares Herself to Enter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArrival at House of Simon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReflection by the Homilist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSimon’s Doubts and the Parable of the Debtors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e6 - Significance of Greek Ephrem’s Homily The Repentant Harlot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVoice of the Homilist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImagining her Voice: Silent Speech, Interiority, the Self, and the Power of Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDialogue with the Myrrh-seller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWounded by the Beauty of Christ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEncounter with Christ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Parable of the Two Debtors: Will or Ought to Love?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePART III - The Sinful Woman as a Model of Repentance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e7 - Romanos’s On the Harlot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRomanos Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslation of the kontakion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRomanos “On the Harlot” Commentary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e8 - The Sinful Woman in the Lenten Triodion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDevelopment of the Lenten Tridoion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sinful Woman in the Triodion Hymns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sinful Woman in the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHoly Week and Greek Ephrem’s The Repentant Harlot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHymn of Kassia the Nun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e9 - Conclusion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy the Sinful Woman? 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Drawing primary from the Greek language writings of the Fathers it does not neglect the Latin sources. It will benefit all who desire to understand the classical Christian teaching of what lies beyond our temporal life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 344\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-detail-tabs-stison-block-content-1-0-tab3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-detail-tabs-stison-block-content-1-0-tab1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— About the Book —\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-pane\" id=\"book-detail-tabs-stison-block-content-1-0-tab1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an accessible and well organized synthesis of the ancient Christian understanding of death and the afterlife. 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