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Eshel Shay |
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The concept of the elect nation in Byzantium / / by Shay Eshel |
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Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2018] |
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©2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 224 pages) |
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The Medieval Mediterranean ; ; Volume 113 |
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Election (Theology) - History of doctrines |
Byzantine Empire History |
Byzantine Empire Church history |
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Monografia |
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Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Elect Nation Concept as Part of the Byzantine Response to the Calamities of the Seventh Century -- The Institutional Adoption and Use of the Elect Nation Concept, from Heraklios to Leo III -- The Elect Nation Concept as an Identity Element of the Embattled Byzantine Society, Seventh–Ninth Centuries -- The Effect of the Iconoclast Controversy upon the Byzantine Elect Nation Concept -- The Macedonian Dynasty and the Expanding Empire, Ninth–Tenth Centuries -- Two Concepts of Election, Influence and Competition: Byzantium and the Franks during the Crusades -- Summary and Conclusions -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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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 |
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shrunken, yet more clearly defined, national awareness. |
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