Languages and cultures of eastern Christianity / edited by Scott Fitzgerald Johnson.
This volume brings together a set of fundamental contributions, many translated into English for this publication, along with an important introduction. Together these explore the role of Greek among Christian communities in the late antique and Byzantine East (late Roman Oriens), specifically in th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge,
2015.
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| Series: | Worlds of Eastern Christianity, 300-1500 ;
v. 6. |
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| Summary: | This volume brings together a set of fundamental contributions, many translated into English for this publication, along with an important introduction. Together these explore the role of Greek among Christian communities in the late antique and Byzantine East (late Roman Oriens), specifically in the areas outside of the immediate sway of Constantinople and imperial Asia Minor. The local identities based around indigenous eastern Christian languages (Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, Georgian, etc.) and post-Chalcedonian doctrinal confessions (Miaphysite, Church of the East, Melkite, Maronite) were solidifying precisely as the Byzantine polity in the East was extinguished by the Arab conquests of the seventh century. In this multilayered cultural environment, Greek was a common social touchstone for all of these Christian communities, not only because of the shared Greek heritage of the early Church, but also because of the continued value of Greek theological, hagiographical, and liturgical writings. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (480 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781351923248 1351923242 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |