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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
New York
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1107139449 |