Title: The Bible in Byzantium :
Authors: Society of Biblical Literature.; Rapp, Claudia,; Külzer, Andreas,
Date: 2019
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH,
Physical description: 160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC class: B
Abstract: The Bible is the foundational text for the Byzantine Empire. The papers of this volume explore its reception through appropriation, adaptation and interpretation as articulated in all aspects of Byzantine society. Several sessions at the ISBL held in Vienna, 6 to 10 July 2014 on "The Reception of the Bible in Greco-Roman Tradition", "The Bible between Jews and Christians in Byzantium", "Biblical Scholarship in Byzantium", and "Biblical Foundations of Byzantine Identity and Culture" built the basis of this volume. Various angles shed light on the Byzantine experience of the Bible. The wide range of source materials that inform the contributions to this volume - from manuscripts and military handbooks to lead seals and pilgrim guides - allows insights into a vivid liturgical tradition, which shapes Orthodox Christianity up today. As a thoroughly Christianized society, the Bible had sunk deep into the cultural DNA of Byzantium. The volume shows the multitude of strategies for the engagement with the Biblical text and the manifold ways in which the Bible message was experienced, articulated and brought to life on a daily basis.
Contents: The Bible in Byzantium: text and experience / Claudia Rapp -- Auf der Suche nach dem byzantinischen Bibeltext: Vom liturgischen Kodex zur Übersetzung / Karl Klimmeck -- Biblical echoes in the Taktika of Leo VI / Meredith L.D. Riedel -- Die Lektüre der Bibell in Byzanz: Kurze Beobachtungen zu einigen griechischen Handschriften mit BIbelkatenen / Ernst Gamillscheg -- The Vienna Genesis in the light of early Byzantine illuminated theological manuscripts / Pinar Serdar Dincer -- Christentum und Islam: Überlegungen zum Transfer biblischer Glaubensinhalte in Spätantike und Frühmittelalter / Johannes Koder -- Using the Bible to justify imperial warfare in high-medieval Byzantium / Yannis Stouraitis -- "Exposed to the eyes of all, upon the public theatre of the universe". The last judgement in Byzantium / Eirini Afentoulidou -- Biblische Reminiszenzen in Bild und Text auf byzantinischen Bleisiegeln -- Bibelrezeption im Heiligen Land. Der Beitrag der Proskynētaria tōn hagiōn topōn / Andreas Külzer.