The concept of the elect nation in Byzantium / / by Shay Eshel
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| Autore: |
Eshel Shay
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| Titolo: |
The concept of the elect nation in Byzantium / / by Shay Eshel
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| Pubblicazione: | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2018] |
| ©2018 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (viii, 224 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 234 |
| Soggetto topico: | Election (Theology) - History of doctrines |
| Soggetto geografico: | Byzantine Empire History |
| Byzantine Empire Church history | |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The concept of the elect nation in Byzantium |
| ISBN: | 90-04-36383-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823795403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Medieval Mediterranean ; ; Volume 113.