"The Abomination of Desolation": Eastern Christian Apocalyptic Literature and the Symbolic Construction of Islam
This article focuses on the Christian apocalyptic literature that was produced as a specific reaction to the emergence of Islam and the consolidation of the Islamic rule in the Eastern provinces of Byzantium. The discussion examines how these texts re-cycled, used and manipulated long established cu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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| In: |
Collectanea Christiana orientalia
Year: 2023, Volume: 20, Pages: 57-71 |
| Further subjects: | B
Apocalypticism
B Early Islam B Ishmaelites B Eastern Christianity |
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| Summary: | This article focuses on the Christian apocalyptic literature that was produced as a specific reaction to the emergence of Islam and the consolidation of the Islamic rule in the Eastern provinces of Byzantium. The discussion examines how these texts re-cycled, used and manipulated long established cultural stereotypes, biblical exegetical topoi and traditional apocalyptic motifs in order to construct an image of the Muslims as the symbolic "Other". |
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| ISSN: | 2386-7442 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Collectanea Christiana orientalia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.21071/cco.v20i.15720 |
