02923nam 2200469 450 991082379540332120230814221842.090-04-36383-110.1163/9789004363830(CKB)4100000002713064(MiAaPQ)EBC5331640(OCoLC)1030304485(OCoLC)1030612594(OCoLC)1030755789(OCoLC)1030813384(nllekb)BRILL9789004363830(EXLCZ)99410000000271306420180427d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe concept of the elect nation in Byzantium /by Shay EshelLeiden ;Boston :Brill,[2018]©20181 online resource (viii, 224 pages)The Medieval Mediterranean ;Volume 11390-04-34947-2 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.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.Medieval Mediterranean ;Volume 113.Election (Theology)History of doctrinesByzantine EmpireHistoryByzantine EmpireChurch historyElection (Theology)History of doctrines.234Eshel Shay1599967MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823795403321The concept of the elect nation in Byzantium3922865UNINA