Tales from Another Byzantium: Celestial Journey and Local Community in the Medieval Greek Apocrypha by Jane Baun (Hardcover, 2007)

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Functioning on the fringes of the official church, they transmit both traditional and novel theological ideas, and shed new light on the reception of church doctrine and imperial governance by ordinary Byzantine Christians.

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The rich corpus of medieval Greek apocryphal religious literature has been little used by historians. This book is the first full-length study of two medieval Greek visionary journeys to heaven and hell: the Apocalypse of the Theotokos and the Apocalypse of Anastasia. Composed anonymously sometime between the ninth and eleventh centuries, both enjoyed a lively circulation in the Byzantine Empire and far beyond. Functioning on the fringes of the official church, they transmit both traditional and novel theological ideas, and shed new light on the reception of church doctrine and imperial governance by ordinary Byzantine Christians. Though their heroines tour the Other World, their true concern is this world, and the reinforcement of social, moral, and ritual norms within local communities. Providing original translations of both texts, the book probes the tales as manifestations of non-elite religious and moral culture in the medieval Orthodox Church.

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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521823951
eBay Product ID (ePID)95961844

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Publication NameTales from Another Byzantium: Celestial Journey and Local Community in the Medieval Greek Apocrypha
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2007
TypeTextbook
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
AuthorJane Baun
Number of Pages474 Pages

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Item Height254 mm
Item Weight1040 g
Item Width178 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJane Baun
TopicReligious History, Christianity

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