02737nam 2200481 450 991082396590332120230629234225.090-04-43845-910.1163/9789004438453(CKB)4100000011352781(OCoLC)1178893709(nllekb)BRILL9789004438453(MiAaPQ)EBC6359616(EXLCZ)99410000001135278120210224d2021 uy 0engurun| uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierMetaphrasis a Byzantine concept of rewriting and its hagiographical products /edited by Stavroula Constantinou, Christian Høgel ; with the assistance of Andria AndreouLeiden, The Netherlands ;Boston :Brill,[2021]©20211 online resourceMedieval Mediterranean ;Volume 12590-04-39217-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.The anomalous transition of beneficial tales / John Wortley -- Metaphrasis and versification : the Paradeisos as a reworking of Apophthegmata patrum / Kristoffel Demoen -- Psychological introspection and the image of sanctity in the metaphrastic Menologion / Laura Franco -- A rewriter at work : Nikephorous Xanthopoulos and the Pege Miracles / Stavroula Constantinou.Metaphrasis: A Byzantine Concept of Rewriting and Its Hagiographical Products represents a first and authoritative discussion of rewriting in Byzantium. It brings together a rich variety of articles that treat the topic of hagiographical rewriting from various angles.The contributors discuss and comment on different kinds of texts in Greek and other languages, including Apophthegmata Patrum , Passions, Saints' Lives, Enkomia, Miracle Collections, Synaxaria , and Menologia which date from late antiquity to late Byzantium. The volume offers a series of case studies examining how the same legends evolved through time by the process of rewriting. It is shown that the main driving force behind such rewriting was adaptation to different audiences and contexts. This work argues that rewriting is central to Christian cultures in the Middle Ages.Medieval Mediterranean ;Volume 125.Christian hagiographyHistory and criticismChristian hagiographyHistory and criticism.235.209Constantinou StavroulaHøgel ChristianAndreou AndriaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823965903321Metaphrasis3924102UNINA