| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
The Medieval Mediterranean Ser |
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Medieval Mediterranean Ser
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| Contents |
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 |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Election (Theology)
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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Election (Theology)
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Church history -- Middle Ages.
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Election (Theology) -- History of doctrines.
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Jews -- Election, Doctrine of -- History of doctrines.
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| SUBJECT |
Byzantine Empire -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018483
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Byzantine Empire -- Church history
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| Subject |
Byzantine Empire.
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Europe -- Macedonia.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Church history.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018035954 |
| ISBN |
9789004363830 |
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9004363831 |
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