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Byzantine Apocalyptic Tradition

  • Hardback
  • 248 pages
  • Publisher: University Of California Press
  • 16 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

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Throughout Christian history, apocalyptic visions of the approaching end of time have provided a persistent and enigmatic theme for history and prophecy. Apocalyptic literature played a particularly important role in the medieval world, where legends of the Antichrist, Gog and Magog, and the Last Roman Emperor were widely circulated. Although scholars have long recognized that a body of Byzantine prophetic literature served as the source for these ideas, the Byzantine textual tradition, its sources, and the way in which it was transmitted to the West have neve been thoroughly understood. For more than fifteen years prior to his death in 1977, Paul J. Alexander devoted his energies to the clarification of the Byzantine apocalyptic tradition. These studies, left uncompleted at his death, trace the development of a textual tradition that passed from Syriac through Greek to Slavonic and Latin literature. Using a combination of philological and historical detection, the author establishes the time, place, and circumstances of composition for each of the major surviving texts, identifying lost works known only through descriptions. In showing how Byzantine prophecy served as a bridge between ancient eschatological works and the medieval West, Alexander demonstrates that apocalyptic literature represents a creative source for the expression of political and religious thought in the medieval world. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.
Byzantine Apocalyptic Tradition and Byzantine Apocalyptic Tradition
Byzantine Apocalyptic TraditionByzantine Apocalyptic Tradition

  • Title

    Byzantine Apocalyptic Tradition

  • Author

    Paul J. Alexander

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    University Of California Press

  • Published

    April 2022

  • Weight

    509g

  • Page Count

    248

  • Dimensions

    16 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780520358928

  • ISBN-10

    0520358929

  • Eden Code

    5670137

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