Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements

Appropriation, Adaptation, Interpretation

Agnethe Siquans, Armin Lange, Claudia Rapp, Andreas Külzer, Agnethe Siquans, Armin Lange, Claudia Rapp, Andreas Külzer, Agnethe Siquans, Claudia Rapp, Andreas Külzer, Armin Lange

• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9783525570685
• eBook ISBN:
  9783647570686
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

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.

Table of contents

• The Bible in Byzantium
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Claudia Rapp: The Bible in Byzantium
• Karl Klimmeck: Auf der Suche nach dem byzantinischen Bibeltext
• Meredith L. D. Riedel: Biblical Echoes in the Taktika of Leo VI
• Ernst Gamillscheg: Die Lektüre der Bibel in Byzanz
• Pınar Serdar Dincer: The Vienna Genesis in the Light of Early Byzantine Illuminated Theological Manuscripts
• Johannes Koder: Christentum und Islam
• Yannis Stouraitis: Using the Bible to Justify Imperial Warfare in High-Medieval Byzantium
• Eirini Afentoulidou: “Exposed to the Eyes of All, upon the Public Theatre of the Universe”
• Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt: Biblische Reminiszenzen in Bild und Text auf byzantinischen Bleisiegeln
• Andreas Külzer: Bibelrezeption im Heiligen Land