The littleresearched poetry of Gregory of Nazianzus reflects a remarkable interweaving of JudeoChristian thought and the GreekPagan poetic tradition. This book includes a bilingual edition and analysis of the imagery in the doublepoem On Silence During Lent ( Carm . II,1,34A/B), a work that offers an especially vivid illustration of the often innovative interposition of different traditions.

Thomas Kuhn, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.