Robert F. Taft

Arhimandritul Robert F. Taft, S.J., (n.1932) este un liturgist oriental proeminent, fost profesor la Institutul Pontifical Oriental din Roma (1970-2002), where he also served as Prefect of the Library (1981-85), and Vice-Rector of the Institute (1995-2001). In addition, he has been Visiting Professor of Liturgy at the University of Notre Dame since 1974, and was Director of the Graduate Program in Liturgical Studies there in 1977-79. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Orientalia Christian Periodica and is presently Director of Publications at the Pontifical Oriental Institute. He has published hundreds of articles and, at last count, he has written and edited thirty-five books.

Publicaţii

A publicat sute de articole de specialitate și mai mult de 35 de cărţi, printre care se numără:

• O istorie a Liturghiei Sfântului Ioan Gură de Aur, Roma, Editura Institutului Pontifical Oriental (în 6 volume)

• The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West: The Origins of the Divine Office and Its Meaning for Today, Liturgical Press; 2nd edition (January 1986) - ISBN 978-0814614051
• The diptychs (Orientalia Christiana Analecta), Pontificium Institutum Studiorum Orientalium (1991) - ISBN 978-8872102855
• The Byzantine Rite: A Short History, Liturgical Press (November 1992) - ISBN 978-0814621639
• Liturgy in Byzantium and Beyond (Collected Studies Series, 493), Brookfield Vermont (August 1995) - ISBN 978-0860784838
• The Precommunion Rites, Pontificio Istituto Orientale (2000) - ISBN 978-8872103265
• Divine Liturgies - Human Problems in Byzantium, Armenia, Syria and Palestine (Variorum Collected Studies Series, 716), Variorum (August 2001) - ISBN 978-0860788676
• Through Their Own Eyes: Liturgy as the Byzantines Saw It, InterOrthodox Press (June 1, 2006) - ISBN 978-1932401066