Book contents
- Divine Inspiration in Byzantium
- Divine Inspiration in Byzantium
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- One The Early Christian Iconography of Divine Inspiration
- Two Inspiration and the Bible in the Post-Iconoclastic Era
- Three Inspiration Continued
- Four Divine Inspiration beyond the Fathers
- Five Inspired Icons
- Six Acheiropoietos
- Seven Allegories of Divine Artistry
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index of Manuscripts
- Index of Biblical Citations
- General Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 July 2022
- Divine Inspiration in Byzantium
- Divine Inspiration in Byzantium
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- One The Early Christian Iconography of Divine Inspiration
- Two Inspiration and the Bible in the Post-Iconoclastic Era
- Three Inspiration Continued
- Four Divine Inspiration beyond the Fathers
- Five Inspired Icons
- Six Acheiropoietos
- Seven Allegories of Divine Artistry
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index of Manuscripts
- Index of Biblical Citations
- General Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
This book presents a sustained examination of conceptions of divine inspiration in the literature and visual arts of Byzantium (c. 330–1453). The subject has hitherto never been treated systematically, and its pivotal relevance to the formation of Eastern Orthodox religious doctrine and identity has thus been underestimated. What the book investigates under the umbrella term “inspiration” encompasses the variety of circumstances under which texts as well as material artifacts were conveyed to human recipients by divine initiative. The thesis guiding this investigation is that arguments about the divine origin of sacred literature and art were variously employed in Byzantium to claim and confirm authenticity in order to derive from it religious authority.
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- Divine Inspiration in ByzantiumNotions of Authenticity in Art and Theology, pp. 1 - 35Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022