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Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond
Language: en
Pages: 492
Authors: Sergeĭ Arkadʹevich Ivanov
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-04-06 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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The image of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square is a familar Russian landmark. Yet few people know what made Basil so famous. He was a saint who wander
Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond
Language: en
Pages: 492
Authors: Sergey A. Ivanov
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-04-06 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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There are saints in Orthodox Christian culture who overturn the conventional concept of sainthood. Their conduct may be unruly and salacious, they may blaspheme
Dreaming in Byzantium and Beyond
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: George T. Calofonos
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-13 - Publisher: Routledge

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Although the actual dreaming experience of the Byzantines lies beyond our reach, the remarkable number of dream narratives in the surviving sources of the perio
Refiguring Theological Hermeneutics
Language: en
Pages: 319
Authors: M. Grau
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-17 - Publisher: Springer

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Grau reconsiders the relationship between "logos" and "mythos" as a precondition to opening theological hermeneutics to discourse from other cultures and genres
The Trophies of the Martyrs
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Galit Noga-Banai
Categories: Antiques & Collectibles
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-04-24 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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In this pioneering study, the first of its kind, Galit Noga-Banai analyses silver reliquaries decorated with Christian figurative themes. She offers a clearer a
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