The concept of the elect nation in Byzantium / / by Shay Eshel.
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 event...
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| Superior document: | The Medieval Mediterranean ; Volume 113 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Medieval Mediterranean ;
Volume 113. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 224 pages). |
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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. |
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| ISBN: | 9004363831 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Shay Eshel. |