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Historiography and Hierotopy

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  • Publisher: Gorgias Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm

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Judean hagiographies are unusual. Some are unexpectedly structured: a saint’s life in the form of a history text. Others offer surprising content. Expected hagiographic stylizations, for example, often depict moments in which the saint is offered money for a miracle. In such cases the saint invariably refuses. Judean saints, however, accept gratitude willingly – often with cash amounts recorded. The peculiarities of these works have regularly been examined on literary and theological grounds. The monasteries that produced these texts were utterly dominated by the environment of Christian Jerusalem. Although often commented upon, the unmined implications of this reality hold the key to understanding these hagiographies. It is only by examining these monasteries’ ties to – and embeddedness within – their peculiar context that we can perceive the mindset that produced such baffling texts.
Historiography and Hierotopy and The Essential History of Christianity
The Essential History of ChristianityHistoriography and Hierotopy

  • Title

    Historiography and Hierotopy

  • Author

    Rod Stearn

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Gorgias Press

  • Published

    August 2020

  • Weight

    659g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781463239817

  • ISBN-10

    1463239815

  • Eden Code

    5211179