Christians and Christianity in the Holy Land : from the origins to the Latin Kingdoms / edited by Ora Limor and Guy G. Stroumsa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Limor, Ora.

Stroumsa, Guy G.

Series:

Cultural encounters in late antiquity and the Middle Ages ; v. 5.

Cultural encounters in late antiquity and the Middle Ages ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christians--Palestine--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Christians.

History.

Palestine--Church history--Congresses.

Palestine.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 527 pages : illustrations, plans ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols, [2006]

Summary:

The volume fills a major desideratum in historical scholarship on the religious history of the Holy Land. It presents a synthesis of our knowledge of the history of Christianity and the various churches that coexisted there from the beginnings of Christianity to the fall of the Crusader Kingdoms. It also offers analytical studies of major topics and problems. While the first part is organized chronologically, the second follows a thematic plan, dealing with the major themes pertaining to the topic, from various points of view and covering several disciplinary fields: history, theology, archaeology, and art history. The volume represents the outcome of an international project initiated by Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi of Jerusalem, and the contributors are leading experts in their fields.

Contents:

Part I History

Beginnings of Christianity in the Holy Land / William Horbury 7

From Oblivion to Fame: The History of the Palestinian Church (135-303 CE) / Oded Irshai 91

'Rejoice Sion, Mother of All Churches': Christianity in the Holy Land during the Byzantine Era / Lorenzo Perrone 141

The Church of Jerusalem and the 'Melkites': The Making of an 'Arab Orthodox' Christian Identity in the World of Islam (750-1050 CE) / Sidney H. Griffith 175

Christian Communities in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1187 CE) / Johannes Pahlitzsch, Daniel Baraz 205

Part II Major Themes and Issues

Intellectuals and Church Fathers in the Third and Fourth Centuries / Christoph Markschies 239

Monasticism in the Holy Land / Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony, Aryeh Kofsky 257

Christians and Jews in Byzantine Palestine / Gunter Stemberger 293

'Holy Journey': Pilgrimage and Christian Sacred Landscape / Ora Limor 321

Early Christian Churches in the Holy Land / Joseph Patrich 355

The Monasteries of Palestine in the Byzantine Period / Yizhar Hirschfeld 401

The Liturgy of Jerusalem in the Byzantine Period / Stephane Verhelst 421

The Holy Land as a Factor in Christian Art / Bianca Kuhnel 463.

Notes:

"This volume is the outgrowth of a scholarly conference, conducted in May 1999 in Jerusalem"--P. 3.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

2503518087

OCLC:

64749181