Artist unknown: Adoration of the Magi, detail. Fragment from a Roman sarcophagus, fourth century. From the cemetery of Saint Agnes, Rome. Vatican Museums, Museo Pio Cristiano, inv. 31459.
On the Cover
Volume 3.1 Fall 2016
Welcome to The Yale ISM Review
In This Issue
Rita Ferrone, editor
Savoring the Mystery
Music and Divine Encounter in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
Markus Rathey
The Magi and the Manger: Imaging Christmas in Ancient Art and Ritual
Felicity Harley-McGowan and Andrew McGowan
Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna
Arthur P. Urbano
Born in Us Today: The Gospel of Incarnation
Wendy Farley
Keeping the Feast
A Meeting of Domestic and Liturgical Rites: Joy and Light in Orthodox Christmas
Nicholas E. Denysenko
Christmas in Fear, or Looking over One’s Shoulder at the Crèche
Susan K. Roll
The Grinch that Didn’t Steal Christmas: A Reformation Story
Bruce Gordon
The Christmas Hearth
Oana Sanziana Marian
One Final Note
Can We Still See Calvary from Bethlehem?
R. Guy Erwin