Death and the afterlife in Byzantium: the fate of the soul in theology, liturgy, and art

Theologies -- The invention of traditions: Jewish and Christian apocrypha -- The diversity of the afterlife in late antiquity -- Continuity, systematization, and encyclopedism in the middle Byzantine period -- Visualizing the afterlife -- Late Byzantium and the encounter with the west -- Liturgies -...

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Main Author: Marinis, Vasileios 1975- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Cambridge University Press 2017
In:Year: 2017
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Byzantine Empire / Orthodox Church / Death / Hereafter / Theology / Liturgy / Art
B Byzantine Empire / Theology / Liturgy / Art / Hereafter
IxTheo Classification:NBA Dogmatics
NBQ Eschatology
Further subjects:B Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire
B Future Life
B Death Byzantine Empire
B Death
B Future Life (Byzantine Empire)
B Death (Byzantine Empire)
B Byzantine Empire
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Summary:Theologies -- The invention of traditions: Jewish and Christian apocrypha -- The diversity of the afterlife in late antiquity -- Continuity, systematization, and encyclopedism in the middle Byzantine period -- Visualizing the afterlife -- Late Byzantium and the encounter with the west -- Liturgies -- The afterlife of the soul in liturgical services -- Helping and remembering the soul: liturgical commemorations and prayers -- Two exceptional services -- The text and translation of the Kanon Eis Psychorragounta
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1107139449