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Tale of the Prophet Isaiah : the Destiny and Meanings of an Apocryphal Text.

The book contains an edition of the original text of "Tale of the Prophet Isaiah" and commentary on the quite unclear narrative concerning its origins, development and an interpretation of its meaning with strong focus on its biblical roots.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bili͡arski, Ivan, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Brill, 2013.
Colección:East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; v. 23.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The text of the literary work and its manuscript tradition
  • Tale of the Prophet Isaiah in the context of mediaeval literature and modern researches
  • The Chosen People and the Promised Land
  • The divinely chosen king, humble to God: Tsar Izot, or Davidic royalty
  • The renovator king: Tsar Ispor and the mosaic royalty: Constantine and the royalty of the ruler-converter to Christianity
  • Kings and their names
  • Conclusion
  • Excursus one: The list of names of the Bulgar princes: between myth and history
  • Excursus two: The birth of the founding kings
  • Excursus three: The tabernacle of the empire or the state-church.