Receptions of Simon Magus as an archtype of the heretic / / Alberto Ferreiro, Ephraim Nissan

• Autore: Ferreiro Alberto
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (415 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Christian heretics in literature
• Altri autori: NissanEphraim
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- References -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Apocryphal Images of Simon Magus in an Altar of Sant Pere de Terrassa (Seu d'Ègara), Catalunya, by Lluís Borrassà (Alberto Ferreiro) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Lluís Borrassà (c.1350/60-c.1424/25) and the Scene from His Altarpiece -- 3 Sant Pere de Terrassa -- 4 Biographical Information About Lluís Borrassà -- 5 Patristic Commentary on Simon Magus Up to Gregory of Tours -- 5.1 According to Justin Martyr -- 5.2 According to Irenaeus of Lyon -- 5.3 According to the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies and Recognitiones -- 5.4 According to the Anonymous Constitutions of the Apostles and Cyril of Jerusalem -- 5.5 From the Fifth Century: A Shift of Interest Among the Greek Church Fathers and Increased Use in the West of Simon Magus' Fall in Order to Promote Petrine Supremacy -- 6 The Passio as Source for Lluís Borrassà's Painting -- 7 What Both Narratives About Simon Magus Share, and Their Contrast -- 8 The Place of the Emperor Nero in the Struggle Between Peter, Paul, and Simon Magus -- 9 A Closer Look at the Passio, in Relation to Lluís Borrassà's Panels for the Altarpiece -- 10 Why Was Lluís Borrassà Asked to Create the Altarpiece to Promote the Triumph of Peter and His Successors at Rome? -- 11 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Flying Simon Magus: The Motif of Flight in Hagiography and Counter-biography (Ephraim Nissan) -- 1 Simon Magus: A Selective Introduction to His Receptions -- 1.1 Simon Magus Tries to Fly, But Crashes to the Ground and Dies -- 1.2 Magus, or Sorcerer, or Neither? -- 1.3 Simon's Personal Background in Samaria -- 1.4 Flusser's Insights Connecting Simon Magus' Theology to the Pagan Syncretism with Monotheistic Trends of a Roman-Age Goddess from Samaria, the Great Kore -- 1.5 Was the Historical Simon a Gnostic?. ; 1.6 How Simon Magus Was Associated with the Antichrist or with Muhammad -- 1.7 Simon Magus in Irish Legend -- 1.8 Levitation or Flight as Evidence of Sainthood, Rather Than of Sorcery -- 2 Flight or Levitation in Connection to Other Characters Than Simon Magus -- 2.1 Levitation and Crashing Down in a Confrontation: Simon Magus Versus Peter -- 2.2 Martial's Account of an Execution in the Arena: The Man Made to Impersonate Icarus "Flies," Then Crashes Down -- 2.3 The King of Turan and Levitation as a Successful Argument for Conversion -- 2.4 Flying In and Out of Windows in Victorian London -- 2.5 Balaam Flies, But Comes Crashing Down upon Being Shown the High Priest's Forefront Pendant -- 2.6 An Aerial Battle of Jesus and Judas, According to a Counter-biography -- 2.7 The Episode of Griffolino of Arezzo from Dante Alighieri's Inferno, Canto 29, Lines 73-120 -- 2.8 Bladud, King of Bath (the Father of King Lear), Flies to London and Crashes Down -- 2.9 The Flight Contest Between the Buddhist Monk Milaraspa (Milarepa) and Tibet's Bon Magician Na Ro Bon Chung -- 2.10 A Lama Floats Over the Pine Tree Tops While Being Shot by a Soviet Guard, in a Tale About a Converted Executioner from Buryat Folklore -- 2.11 Military Prowess and Superhero Superpowers in the Medieval Imagination: The Biblical Jacob Leaping Two Thousand Cubits, and Judah Leaping Like a Flea While Fighting the Army of Nineveh, in the Thirteen-Century Hebrew Book of Tales from Northern -- 2.12 A Fowler and Bird Allegory in an Early Modern German Broadsheet: A Man Clad Like a Fool Flies to His Doom -- 3 Two Associations with Elijah -- 3.1 Peter and Paul Praying During Simon Magus' Flight Versus Elijah Praying at His Contest at Mount Carmel -- 3.2 The Flying Chariots of Santa Claus, Queen Mab, and the Norse God Thor and Elijah's Slavic Conflation with Perun. ; 3.3 Dante Watches the Flames and Compares Himself to Elisha Watching Elijah's Ascension -- 3.4 Claims That Elijah's Ascension Brought Him to the Moon and Early Modern Literary Episodes of Meeting Him There -- 3.5 The Doubt (Explained Out by Medieval Jewish Exegetes) That Elijah's Flight Led Him Somewhere Else on Earth Rather Than to Heaven to Stay There -- 3.6 A Notation for the Narratives of the Flight of Elijah's Chariot and of Santa Claus' Reindeer-Driven Sled -- 4 "Do the Wicked Ones Fly in the Air?!": Reasoning by Absurd in Genesis Rabbah and the Gevurot HaShem, Yefeh Toar, Etz Yosef, and Sefat Emet Rabbinic Commentaries -- 5 Hiram, Ezekiel, and Habakkuk in Mid-Air -- 5.1 Flying Place Carrying People (Hiram's Palace, Gulliver's Laputa) Versus an Angel Carrying an Individual in the Air, Pulling His Hair -- 5.2 Hiram's Fall from Grace and His Palace Hovering Over the Strait of Otranto -- 6 Conclusions -- 7 Post Script: "Let him fly through the air," "We fly over ourselves" -- 8 Addendum to p. 95 (Sect. 2.11): How Can Fleas Jump Without Being Injured? -- References -- Chapter 3: Simon Magus in Arrigo Boito's Opera Nerone (Ephraim Nissan) -- 1 Arrigo Boito and Alleged Masonic Elements in the Opera Nerone -- 2 Ascription of Valentinian Doctrines to Simon Magus' Chorus in Nerone -- 3 Simon Magus, the Gnostics, and Valentinus in the Church Fathers -- 4 The Opera Nerone, the Circumstances of Its Origination, and Its Posthumous Première -- 5 A Précis of the Opera Nerone -- 6 "Raca!" as Being Shouted by the Crowd at the Christian Leader Fanuèl -- 7 Nero Taunting Simon Magus: "Fly, If You Know How to Fly. Icarus, Fly!" -- 8 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4: Simon Magus as the Archetype of Polemical Portrayals of Mani (Ephraim Nissan) -- 1 Mani and Manichaeism -- 2 Mani's Biographical Background and His Hostile Portrayal in the Acta Archelai. ; 3 Mani as a Barbarian Persian, in Scopello's Interpretation of the Rhetoric of the Acta Archelai -- 4 Mani Placed in an Ideological Lineage of Error -- 5 Simon Magus as an Archetype for How Mani Is Portrayed in the Acta Archelai -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book about receptions of Simon Magus uncovers further facets of one who was held to be the evil archetype of heretics. Ephraim Nissan and Alberto Ferreiro explore how Simon Magus has been represented in text, visual art, and music. Special attention is devoted to the late medieval Catalan painter Llus Borrass and the Italian librettist and musician Arrigo Boito. The tradition of Simon Magus demonic flight, ending in his crashing down, first appears in the patristic literature. The book situates that flight typologically across cultures. Fascinating observations emerge, as the discussion spans flight of the wicked in rabbinic texts, flight and death of King Lear's father and a Soviet-era Buryat Buddhist monk, flight and doom of the fool in an early modern German broadsheet, and more. The book explains and moves beyond extant scholarly wisdom on how the polemic against Mani (the founder of Manichaeism) was tinged with hues of Simon Magus. The novelty of this book is that it shows that Simon Magus receptions teach us a great deal about the contexts in which this archetype was deployed.
• Titolo autorizzato: Receptions of Simon Magus as an archtype of the heretic
• ISBN: 3-031-12523-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910751394603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II