Sacralizing Violence in Byzantium : Hymns, Empire, and the Narrowing of Christian Identity

by: Demacopoulos, G.E.

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Sacralizing violence in Byzantium hymns, empire, and the narrowing of Christian identity

Author:George E. Demacopoulos (Author)

Abstract:"Christians had always been concerned, since the faith's inception, about the relationship between violence and belief. In Byzantium, this tension was explored not only in abstract theological texts but in the songs people sung: hymns, a multivalent, fluid form of devotion that served as the meeting place between theological conviction and lived religious experience. Sacralizing Violence in Byzantium is the first book to examine the complex and shifting perceptions of premodern Christians toward violence and war through the lens of hymnography. This book argues that the liturgical reflection on violence in Byzantium underwent a profound transformation-a sacralization of violence-at approximately the same time that Persian and then Arab armies conquered Jerusalem in the early seventh century, a turn that persisted into the tenth century. By focusing on hymnography, this book provides both correction and nuance to historical assessments of Eastern Christian attitudes toward war and violence and reveals how Byzantine culture dramatized, authorized, and even celebrated violence".

Series:
Dumbarton Oaks studies, 51

Contents:
The Jerusalem Georgian Chantbook
Crucifixion and "the Jews":
The Idiomela Hymns for Good Friday
Romanos the Melodist
Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross
Herakleios, Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and the Violence of Empire
Tenth-Century Liturgical Rites before Battle and after Death

Subjects:
Guerre / Aspect religieux / Christianisme / Histoire / Sources
Guerre Aspect religieux Christianisme Histoire Sources
Hymns / Byzantine Empire / History and criticism
Hymns / Byzantine Empire / Themes, motives / History / Sources
Hymns Byzantine Empire History and criticism
Hymns Byzantine Empire Themes, motives History Sources
Violence / Aspect religieux / Christianisme / Histoire / Sources
Violence / Byzantine Empire / History
Violence / Empire byzantin / Histoire
Violence / Religious aspects / Christianity / History / Sources
Violence Aspect religieux Christianisme Histoire Sources
Violence Byzantine Empire History
Violence Empire byzantin Histoire
Violence Religious aspects Christianity History Sources
Violence dans la musique
Violence in music
War / Religious aspects / Christianity / History / Sources
War Religious aspects Christianity History Sources

Sacralizing Violence in Byzantium : Hymns, Empire, and the Narrowing of Christian Identity

by: Demacopoulos, G.E.

• ISBN-13: 9780884025238 / 978-0-88402-523-8
• ISBN-03: 0884025233 / 0-88402-523-3
• Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, , 2025

Price: 49,90 EURO

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• ISBN-13: 9781118634684 / 978-1-118-63468-4
• ISBN-03: 1118634683 / 1-118-63468-3
• Wiley Blackwell, New Jersey, 2025

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• ISBN-13: 9780299343545 / 978-0-299-34354-5
• ISBN-03: 0299343545 / 0-299-34354-5
• The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 2023

Price: 34,00 EURO

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