The concept of the elect nation in Byzantium /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Eshel, Shay (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
Series:Medieval Mediterranean Ser.
Subjects:
600-1500
Election (Theology)
Élection (Théologie)
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Church history > Middle Ages
Election (Theology) > History of doctrines
Jews > Election, Doctrine of > History of doctrines
Byzantine Empire > History.
Byzantine Empire > Church history.
Empire byzantin > Histoire.
Byzantine Empire
Europe > Macedonia
History
Church history
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004363830
9004363831

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