| The Old Testament in Byzantium Contributor(s): Magdalino, Paul (Editor), Nelson, Robert S. (Editor), de Lange, Nicholas (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0884023990 ISBN-13: 9780884023999 Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - History & Culture - Religion | Christianity - Orthodox - Religion | Biblical Biography - Old Testament |
| Dewey: 221.094 |
| Series: Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.11" W x 9.48" (1.27 lbs) 333 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume contains selected papers from a December 2006 Dumbarton Oaks symposium that complemented an exhibition of early Bible manuscripts at the Freer Gallery and Sackler Gallery of Art titled "In the Beginning: Bibles before the Year 1000." Speakers were invited to examine the use of the Greek Old Testament as a text, social practice, and cultural experience in the Byzantine Empire. Not only are reminiscences of the Old Testament ubiquitous in Byzantine literature and art, but the Byzantine people also revered and identified with Old Testament role models. The Old Testament connected Byzantium not only with its Christian neighbors but with Jewish and Muslim peoples as well. This widespread phenomenon has never received systematic investigation. The Old Testament in Byzantium considers the manifestations of the holy books in Byzantine manuscript illustration, architecture, and government, as well as in Jewish Bible translations and the construction of Muhammad's character. |
Contributor Bio(s): Krueger, Derek: - Derek Krueger is Joe Rosenthal Excellence Professor of Religious Studies and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.Nelson, Robert S.: - Robert S. Nelson is Robert Lehman Professor of History of Art, Yale University.Jeffreys, Elizabeth: - Elizabeth Jeffreys is Emerita Bywater and Sotheby Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature at the University of Oxford, and Emerita Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.Ousterhout, Robert G.: - Robert G. Ousterhout is Professor in the Department of the History of Art and Director of the Center for Ancient Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.Magdalino, Paul: - Paul Magdalino is Professor of Byzantine History at Koç University and Fellow of the British Academy. |