The Old Testament in Byzantium

The Old Testament in Byzantium
Author: Paul Magdalino
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780884023487

The Old Testament in Byzantium contains papers from a Dumbarton Oaks symposium based on an exhibition of early Bible manuscripts titled "In the Beginning: Bibles before the Year 1000." Topics include manifestations of the holy books in Byzantine manuscript illustration, architecture, and government, as well as in Jewish Bible translations.

The New Testament in Antiquity and Byzantium

The New Testament in Antiquity and Byzantium
Author: H.A.G. Houghton
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2019-12-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110591685

Klaus Wachtel has pioneered the creation of major editions of the Greek New Testament through a blend of traditional philological approaches and innovative digital tools. In this volume, an international range of New Testament scholars and editors honour his achievements with thirty-one original studies. Many of the themes mirror Wachtel's own publications on the history of the Byzantine text, the identification of manuscript families and groups, detailed analysis of individual witnesses and the development of software and databases to support the editorial process. Other contributions draw on the production of the Editio Critica Maior, with reference to the Gospels of Mark and John, the Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline Epistles and the Apocalypse. Several chapters consider the application of the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method. A wide selection of material is considered, from papyri to printed editions. The Greek text is analysed from multiple perspectives, including exegesis, grammar and orthography, alongside evidence from versions in Latin, Syriac, Coptic and Gothic. This collection provides new insights into the history of the biblical text and the creation, development, analysis and application of modern editions.

The Bible in Byzantium

The Bible in Byzantium
Author: Claudia Rapp
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9783525570685

The Bible is the foundational text for the Byzantine Empire. The papers of this volume explore its reception through appropriation, adaptation and interpretation as articulated in all aspects of Byzantine society. Several sessions at the ISBL held in Vienna, 6 to 10 July 2014 on 'The Reception of the Bible in Greco-Roman Tradition, ' 'The Bible between Jews and Christians in Byzantium, ' 'Biblical Scholarship in Byzantium, ' and 'Biblical Foundations of Byzantine Identity and Culture' built the basis of this volume. Various angles shed light on the Byzantine experience of the Bible. The wide range of source materials that inform the contributions to this volume-from manuscripts and military handbooks to lead seals and pilgrim guides- allows insights into a vivid liturgical tradition, which shapes Orthodox Christianity up today. As a thoroughly Christianized society, the Bible had sunk deep into the cultural DNA of Byzantium. The volume shows the multitude of strategies for the engagement with the Biblical text and the manifold ways in which the Bible message was experienced, articulated and brought to life on a daily basi

The Concept of the Elect Nation in Byzantium

The Concept of the Elect Nation in Byzantium
Author: Shay Eshel
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2018-03-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004363831

In The Concept of the Elect Nation in Byzantium, Shay Eshel shows how the Old Testament model of the ancient Israelites was a prominent factor in the evolution of Roman-Byzantine national awareness between the 7th and 13th centuries. The Byzantines' interpretation of the 7th century epic events as manifestations of God's wrath enabled them to incorporate the events into a paradigm which they now embraced: the Old Testament paradigm of the Israelite Elect Nation's complex relationship with God, a cyclic relation of sin, wrath, punishment, repentance and salvation. The Elect Nation concept enabled the Byzantines to express the shift in their collective identity toward a shrunken, yet more clearly defined, national awareness.

The Bible in Byzantium

The Bible in Byzantium
Author: Agnethe Siquans
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2018-11-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3647570680

The Bible is the foundational text for the Byzantine Empire. The papers of this volume explore its reception through appropriation, adaptation and interpretation as articulated in all aspects of Byzantine society. Several sessions at the ISBL held in Vienna, 6 to 10 July 2014 on 'The Reception of the Bible in Greco-Roman Tradition,' 'The Bible between Jews and Christians in Byzantium,' 'Biblical Scholarship in Byzantium,' and 'Biblical Foundations of Byzantine Identity and Culture' built the basis of this volume. Various angles shed light on the Byzantine experience of the Bible. The wide range of source materials that inform the contributions to this volume—from manuscripts and military handbooks to lead seals and pilgrim guides— allows insights into a vivid liturgical tradition, which shapes Orthodox Christianity up today. As a thoroughly Christianized society, the Bible had sunk deep into the cultural DNA of Byzantium. The volume shows the multitude of strategies for the engagement with the Biblical text and the manifold ways in which the Bible message was experienced, articulated and brought to life on a daily basis.

Church & Learning in the Byzantine Empire, 867-1185

Church & Learning in the Byzantine Empire, 867-1185
Author: J M (Joan Mervyn) Hussey
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2021-09-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781014958587

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Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium

Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium
Author: Veronica della Dora
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2016-02-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107139090

Explores Byzantine perceptions of creation and different types of natural environments, and the principles underpinning such perceptions.

Personhood in the Byzantine Christian Tradition

Personhood in the Byzantine Christian Tradition
Author: Alexis Torrance
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2018-04-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1317081781

Bringing together international scholars from across a range of linked disciplines to examine the concept of the person in the Greek Christian East, Personhood in the Byzantine Christian Tradition stretches in its scope from the New Testament to contemporary debates surrounding personhood in Eastern Orthodoxy. Attention is paid to a number of pertinent areas that have not hitherto received the scholarly attention they deserve, such as Byzantine hymnography and iconology, the work of early miaphysite thinkers, as well as the relevance of late Byzantine figures to the discussion. Similarly, certain long-standing debates surrounding the question are revisited or reframed, whether regarding the concept of the person in Maximus the Confessor, or with contributions that bring patristic and modern Orthodox theology into dialogue with a variety of contemporary currents in philosophy, moral psychology, and political science. In opening up new avenues of inquiry, or revisiting old avenues in new ways, this volume brings forward an important and on-going discussion regarding concepts of personhood in the Byzantine Christian tradition and beyond, and provides a key stimulus for further work in this field.

The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium

The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium
Author: Thomas Arentzen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2019-08-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1108476287

Images and texts tell various stories about the Virgin Mary in Byzantium, reflecting an important cult with strong doctrinal foundations.

From the Ancient Near East to Christian Byzantium

From the Ancient Near East to Christian Byzantium
Author: Mario Baghos
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2021-03-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1527567370

This book combines concepts from the history of religions with Byzantine studies in its assessments of kings, symbols, and cities in a diachronic and cross-cultural analysis. The work attests, firstly, that the symbolic art and architecture of ancient cities—commissioned by their monarchs expressing their relationship with their gods—show us that religiosity was inherent to such enterprises. It also demonstrates that what transpired from the first cities in history to Byzantine Christendom is the gradual replacement of the pagan ruler cult—which was inherent to city-building in antiquity—with the ruler becoming subordinate to Christ; exemplified by representations of the latter as the ‘Master of All’ (Pantokrator). Beginning in Mesopotamia, the book continues with an analysis of city-building by rulers in Egypt, Greece, and Rome, before addressing Judaism (specifically, the city of Jerusalem) and Christianity as shifting the emphasis away from pagan-gods and rulers to monotheistic perceptions of God as elevated above worldly kings. It concludes with an assessment of Christian Rome and Constantinople as typifying the evolution from the ancient and classical world to Christendom.