Tales from Another Byzantium: Celestial Journey and Local Community in the Medieval Greek Apocrypha - Brossura

Baun, Jane

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521177499 ISBN 13: 9780521177498

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Riassunto

The rich corpus of medieval Greek apocryphal religious literature has been little used by historians. This 2007 book was the first full-length study of two medieval Greek visionary journeys to heaven and hell: the Apocalypse of the Theotokos and the Apocalypse of Anastasia. Composed anonymously sometime between the ninth and eleventh centuries, both enjoyed a lively circulation in the Byzantine Empire and far beyond. Functioning on the fringes of the official Church, they transmit both traditional and novel theological ideas, and shed light on the reception of Church doctrine and imperial governance by ordinary Byzantine Christians. Though their heroines tour the Other World, their true concern is this world, and the reinforcement of social, moral, and ritual norms within local communities. Providing an original translation of both texts, the book probes the tales as manifestations of non-elite religious and moral culture in the medieval Orthodox Church.

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Recensione:

'This is cultural history and textual analysis at their best.' The Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Descrizione del libro:

The first full-length study of two medieval Greek visionary journeys to heaven and hell, the Apocalypse of the Theotokos and the Apocalypse of Anastasia. The book provides an original translation of the tales and examines them as manifestations of religious and moral culture in the medieval Orthodox Church.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521177499
• ISBN 13: 9780521177498
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 474