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Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond

Ivanov Sergey A.
Innbundet / 2006 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780199272518
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
744 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
146 mm
Dybde
32 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
496

Forfatter
Ivanov Sergey A.
Oversetter
Franklin Simon

Biografisk notat

Sergey A. Ivanov is Senior Research Associate, Institute of Slavic and Balkan Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.

Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond

Ivanov Sergey A.
Innbundet / 2006 / Engelsk
Ivanov Sergey A.
Innbundet / 2006 / Engelsk
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Ivanov shows himself to be keenly attuned to all the main questions presented by the phenomenon of holy folly, as well as thedecisive role of the hagiographer...he always manages to add something new, to say something fresh...Still, this book is a gift. Throughly researched, well documented, chock-full of insights- and, one should add, exquisitely translated-it is the best exsisting monograph on the subject.

Peter C. Bouteneff Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies

A rich and fascinating book

Averil Cameron, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Ivanov's volume remains indispensible

Philip Gorski, Sobornost

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...fascinating historical study.

Hugh Wybrew, TLS

Sergey Ivanov's wide-ranging study... is a welcome new addition to the recently launched series Oxford Studies in Byzantium

SEER

There are saints in Orthodox Christian culture who overturn the conventional concept of sainthood. Their conduct may be unruly and salacious, they may blaspheme and even kill - yet, mysteriously, those around them treat them with even more reverence. Such saints are called 'holy fools'. In this pioneering study Sergey A. Ivanov examines the phenomenon of holy foolery from a cultural standpoint. He identifies its prerequisites and its development in religious thought, and traces the emergence of the first hagiographic texts describing these paradoxical saints. He describes the beginnings of holy foolery in Egyptian monasteries of the fifth century, followed by its high point in the cities of Byzantium, with an eventual decline in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries. He also compares the important Russian tradition of holy fools, which in some form has survived to this day.
Les mer
The image of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square is a familiar Russian landmark. Saints such as Basil overturn the conventional concept of sainthood - what is saintly about them? This book aims to solve the mystery by exploring the figure of the holy fool in Byzantium and in later Russian history.
Les mer
Introduction ; 1. The Precursors and Emergence of Holy Foolery ; 2. Early Holy Foolery ; 3. The Golden Age of Holy Foolery ; 4. The Decline of Byzantine Holy Foolery ; 5. Holy Foolery's Eastern Periphery ; 6. Holy Foolery's Western Periphery ; 7. Old Russian Iurodstvo ; 8. The Iurodivyi and the Tsar ; 9. Iurodstvo in Transition ; 10. Iurodstvo Meets Modernity
Les mer
The first attempt to write a cultural history of the phenomenon of `holy foolery'
Sergey A. Ivanov is Senior Research Associate, Institute of Slavic and Balkan Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.
The first attempt to write a cultural history of the phenomenon of `holy foolery'

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Ivanov shows himself to be keenly attuned to all the main questions presented by the phenomenon of holy folly, as well as thedecisive role of the hagiographer...he always manages to add something new, to say something fresh...Still, this book is a gift. Throughly researched, well documented, chock-full of insights- and, one should add, exquisitely translated-it is the best exsisting monograph on the subject.

Peter C. Bouteneff Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies

A rich and fascinating book

Averil Cameron, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Ivanov's volume remains indispensible

Philip Gorski, Sobornost

Se alle

...fascinating historical study.

Hugh Wybrew, TLS

Sergey Ivanov's wide-ranging study... is a welcome new addition to the recently launched series Oxford Studies in Byzantium

SEER

There are saints in Orthodox Christian culture who overturn the conventional concept of sainthood. Their conduct may be unruly and salacious, they may blaspheme and even kill - yet, mysteriously, those around them treat them with even more reverence. Such saints are called 'holy fools'. In this pioneering study Sergey A. Ivanov examines the phenomenon of holy foolery from a cultural standpoint. He identifies its prerequisites and its development in religious thought, and traces the emergence of the first hagiographic texts describing these paradoxical saints. He describes the beginnings of holy foolery in Egyptian monasteries of the fifth century, followed by its high point in the cities of Byzantium, with an eventual decline in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries. He also compares the important Russian tradition of holy fools, which in some form has survived to this day.
Les mer
The image of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square is a familiar Russian landmark. Saints such as Basil overturn the conventional concept of sainthood - what is saintly about them? This book aims to solve the mystery by exploring the figure of the holy fool in Byzantium and in later Russian history.
Les mer
Introduction ; 1. The Precursors and Emergence of Holy Foolery ; 2. Early Holy Foolery ; 3. The Golden Age of Holy Foolery ; 4. The Decline of Byzantine Holy Foolery ; 5. Holy Foolery's Eastern Periphery ; 6. Holy Foolery's Western Periphery ; 7. Old Russian Iurodstvo ; 8. The Iurodivyi and the Tsar ; 9. Iurodstvo in Transition ; 10. Iurodstvo Meets Modernity
Les mer
The first attempt to write a cultural history of the phenomenon of `holy foolery'
Sergey A. Ivanov is Senior Research Associate, Institute of Slavic and Balkan Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.
The first attempt to write a cultural history of the phenomenon of `holy foolery'

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199272518
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
744 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
146 mm
Dybde
32 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
496

Forfatter
Ivanov Sergey A.
Oversetter
Franklin Simon

Biografisk notat

Sergey A. Ivanov is Senior Research Associate, Institute of Slavic and Balkan Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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