Divine inspiration in Byzantium : notions of authenticity in art and theology /

Divine inspiration in Byzantium : notions of authenticity in art and theology /

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Author / Creator:	Krause, Karin, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Description:	xviii, 443 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Bible -- Inspiration -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Bible -- Inspiration -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Bible. Authority -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Authority -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Authority in art. Authority in literature. Art, Byzantine -- Themes, motives. Art, Byzantine -- Themes, motives. Authority in art. Authority in literature.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12771119

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ISBN:	9781108830997 1108830994 9781108926218 1108926215 9781108922050
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"The iconography of the divine inspiration of Scripture in late antique Christian culture is characterized by marked innovations in respect to earlier imagery from the Greco-Roman world's visualizing of similar subject matter. These innovations seem to have largely remained uncommented on in scholarship. They are important, however, as they reveal fundamentally changed attitudes toward the authenticity and authority of sacred texts. During late antiquity, all of the extant images illustrating divine inspiration in the realm of Christianity are related specifically to the origins of the four canonical Gospels, thus attesting to the pivotal importance of these writings for Christian religious identity and rites. Iconographical analysis of the earliest Christian images in comparison with relevant iconography from the pagan and Jewish realms reveals concepts regarding the authenticity of holy writings that are peculiar to Christianity alone. Images emphasize that divine revelations were documented accurately in writing for posterity, and some even present these records as resulting from divine dictation. Visual arguments put forth in the earliest Christian images of inspiration find parallels in the patristic concepts of the absolute truth and infallibility of Holy Scripture addressed in the introduction"--
Other form:	Online version: Krause, Karin. Divine inspiration in Byzantine art and theology Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 9781108922050

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Summary:	In this volume, Karin Krause examines conceptions of divine inspiration and authenticity in the religious literature and visual arts of Byzantium. During antiquity and the medieval era, "inspiration" encompassed a range of ideas regarding the divine contribution to the creation of holy texts, icons, and other material objects by human beings. Krause traces the origins of the notion of divine inspiration in the Jewish and polytheistic cultures of the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds and their reception in Byzantine religious culture. Exploring how conceptions of authenticity are employed in Eastern Orthodox Christianity to claim religious authority, she analyzes texts in a range of genres, as well as images in different media, including manuscript illumination, icons, and mosaics. Her interdisciplinary study demonstrates the pivotal role that claims to the divine inspiration of religious literature and art played in the construction of Byzantine cultural identity.
Physical Description:	xviii, 443 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781108830997 1108830994 9781108926218 1108926215 9781108922050