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

Table of Contents:

The Early Christian Iconography of Divine Inspiration: Novel Approaches to an Old Pictorial Theme
Inspiration and the Bible in the Post-Iconoclastic Era
Inspiration Continued: The Writings of the Church Fathers
Divine Inspiration beyond the Fathers
Inspired Icons
Acheiropoietos: The Mandylion as "the radiance of God's glory and exact imprint of God's very being"
Allegories of Divine Artistry: The Mandylion and Its Multiples.