Blake Leyerle
Biographic Data
| ID | 1088126 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Blake Leyerle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Blake |
| FAMILY NAME | Leyerle |
| SIGNATURE | LEYERLE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Notre Dame |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-8361-4257 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
John Chrysostom (and His Listeners) on the Lord's Prayer
Although the Our Father was, as Robert Hill observed, the prayer for John Chrysostom, his reflections on the Lord's Prayer have received little attention. On first glance, the neglect is hardly surprising. Inasmuch as his comments reiterate typical themes for the late fourth-century preacher (communal solidarity, spiritual goods, ethical action, and recollection of the judgment), they do not seem especially novel or arresting. When read, however,…
Christians at Home
What did it mean for ordinary believers to live a Christian life in late antiquity? In Christians at Home , Blake Leyerle explores this question through the writings, teachings, and reception of John Chrysostom—a priest of Antioch who went on to become the bishop of Constantinople in AD 397. Through elaborate spatial and ritual recommendations, Chrysostom advised listeners to turn their houses into churches. Influenced by New Testament descriptio…
Imagine the Table, the Bed, the Shoes! John Chrysostom on the Affective Power of Imagined Objects
John Chrysostom’s use of imagined speech, or prosopopoeia, is an acknowledged and striking aspect of his exegetical practice. In his homilies, he often fills out the spare scriptural record by inserting additional dialogue and unfolding the characters’ thoughts. He even draws attention to what figures did not say or think. An interesting and as yet undiscussed counterpoint to this rhetorical technique is the fourth-century preacher’s practice of …
The Narrative Shape of Emotion in the Preaching of John Chrysostom
Tertullian's Chameleon
Tertullian's treatise De pallio is the briefest and most difficult of the North African's works. Its purpose, ostensibly, is to advocate for a change in clothing from the toga to the pallium. This sartorial shift functions, in turn, as a metaphor for conversion to the philosophical life, which, at the end of the treatise, is revealed to be the Christian life. Towards the centre of the work, Tertullian turns to nature to support his argument, citi…
Lot's Wife on the Border
In January or February of 384 c . e ., the Christian pilgrim known to us as Egeria left Jerusalem, where she had been based, and headed east. According to her own account, she felt impelled by God to climb Mount Nebo. With her traveled “some holy men from Jerusalem, a presbyter and deacons, and several brothers (monks).” The trip, which took them through Jericho and Livias, went very well. Her guides were able to point out further local sites, an…
Mobility and the Traces of Empire
This chapter contains sections titled: A Culture of Movement Mobility's Infrastructure The Speed of Travel The Courier Service Orientation Devices Inns Travel by Sea The Traces of Empire Conclusion Bibliographical Note
Pilgrimage in Graeco‐Roman and Early Christian Antiquity
Pilgrim Eulogiae and Domestic Rituals
John Chrysostom and the Transformation of the City
The Hungry Are Dying
Theatrical Shows and Ascetic LivesJohn Chrysostom's Attack on Spiritual Marriage
"This book provides an original context for understanding the prolific fourth-century Christian theologian John Chrysostom and the religious and social world in which he lived. Blake Leyerle analyzes two highly rhetorical treatises by this early church father attacking the phenomenon of "spiritual marriage." Spiritual marriage was an ascetic practice with a long history in which a man and a woman lived together in an intimate relationship without…
Blood Is Seed
Landscape as Cartography in Early Christian Pilgrimage Narratives
Landscape as Cartography in Early Christian Pilgrimage Narratives Get access Blake Leyerle Blake Leyerle Blake Leyerle is Assistant Professor of Early Christian History in the Theology Department at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LXIV, Issue 1, Spring 1996, Pages 119–143, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/L…
John Chrysostom on Almsgiving and the Use of Money
Few themes so dominate the homilies of John Chrysostom (ca. 347–407 CE) as the plight of the poor and the necessity of almsgiving. His picture of the poor, however, is always set against the prosperous marketplace of late antiquity. It seems therefore scarcely surprising that his sermons on almsgiving resound with the language of investment. With such imagery, Chrysostom tried not only to prod wealthy Christians into acts of charity but also, and…
Landscape as Cartography in Early Christian Pilgrimage Narratives
Landscape as Cartography in Early Christian Pilgrimage Narratives Get access Blake Leyerle Blake Leyerle Blake Leyerle is Assistant Professor of Early Christian History in the Theology Department at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LXIV, Issue 1, Spring 1996, Pages 119–143, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/L…
Blood Is Seed
John Chrysostom on Almsgiving and the Use of Money
Few themes so dominate the homilies of John Chrysostom (ca. 347–407 CE) as the plight of the poor and the necessity of almsgiving. His picture of the poor, however, is always set against the prosperous marketplace of late antiquity. It seems therefore scarcely surprising that his sermons on almsgiving resound with the language of investment. With such imagery, Chrysostom tried not only to prod wealthy Christians into acts of charity but also, and…
Landscape as Cartography in Early Christian Pilgrimage Narratives
Landscape as Cartography in Early Christian Pilgrimage Narratives Get access Blake Leyerle Blake Leyerle Blake Leyerle is Assistant Professor of Early Christian History in the Theology Department at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LXIV, Issue 1, Spring 1996, Pages 119–143, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/L…
Theatrical Shows and Ascetic LivesJohn Chrysostom's Attack on Spiritual Marriage
"This book provides an original context for understanding the prolific fourth-century Christian theologian John Chrysostom and the religious and social world in which he lived. Blake Leyerle analyzes two highly rhetorical treatises by this early church father attacking the phenomenon of "spiritual marriage." Spiritual marriage was an ascetic practice with a long history in which a man and a woman lived together in an intimate relationship without…
Blood Is Seed
The Hungry Are Dying
John Chrysostom and the Transformation of the City
Pilgrim Eulogiae and Domestic Rituals
Mobility and the Traces of Empire
This chapter contains sections titled: A Culture of Movement Mobility's Infrastructure The Speed of Travel The Courier Service Orientation Devices Inns Travel by Sea The Traces of Empire Conclusion Bibliographical Note
Pilgrimage in Graeco‐Roman and Early Christian Antiquity
Lot's Wife on the Border
In January or February of 384 c . e ., the Christian pilgrim known to us as Egeria left Jerusalem, where she had been based, and headed east. According to her own account, she felt impelled by God to climb Mount Nebo. With her traveled “some holy men from Jerusalem, a presbyter and deacons, and several brothers (monks).” The trip, which took them through Jericho and Livias, went very well. Her guides were able to point out further local sites, an…
Tertullian's Chameleon
Tertullian's treatise De pallio is the briefest and most difficult of the North African's works. Its purpose, ostensibly, is to advocate for a change in clothing from the toga to the pallium. This sartorial shift functions, in turn, as a metaphor for conversion to the philosophical life, which, at the end of the treatise, is revealed to be the Christian life. Towards the centre of the work, Tertullian turns to nature to support his argument, citi…
The Narrative Shape of Emotion in the Preaching of John Chrysostom
Imagine the Table, the Bed, the Shoes! John Chrysostom on the Affective Power of Imagined Objects
John Chrysostom’s use of imagined speech, or prosopopoeia, is an acknowledged and striking aspect of his exegetical practice. In his homilies, he often fills out the spare scriptural record by inserting additional dialogue and unfolding the characters’ thoughts. He even draws attention to what figures did not say or think. An interesting and as yet undiscussed counterpoint to this rhetorical technique is the fourth-century preacher’s practice of …
Christians at Home
What did it mean for ordinary believers to live a Christian life in late antiquity? In Christians at Home , Blake Leyerle explores this question through the writings, teachings, and reception of John Chrysostom—a priest of Antioch who went on to become the bishop of Constantinople in AD 397. Through elaborate spatial and ritual recommendations, Chrysostom advised listeners to turn their houses into churches. Influenced by New Testament descriptio…
John Chrysostom (and His Listeners) on the Lord's Prayer
Although the Our Father was, as Robert Hill observed, the prayer for John Chrysostom, his reflections on the Lord's Prayer have received little attention. On first glance, the neglect is hardly surprising. Inasmuch as his comments reiterate typical themes for the late fourth-century preacher (communal solidarity, spiritual goods, ethical action, and recollection of the judgment), they do not seem especially novel or arresting. When read, however,…
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