The tale of the prophet Isaiah : the destiny and meanings of an apocryphal text / by Ivan Biliarsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bili︠a︡rski, Ivan, 1959-

Series:

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; v. 23.

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, 1872-8103 ; volume 23

Standardized Title:

Skazanie na Isai︠a︡ Proroka i formiraneto na politicheskata ideologii︠a︡ na rannosrednovekovna Bŭlgarii︠a︡ . English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Isaiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Tale of the Prophet Isaiah. The Destiny and Meanings of an Apocryphal Text Ivan Biliarsky proposes an edition of the original text of the medieval apocryphon, together with images of the single manuscript copy. The author also includes a large commentary on the otherwise quite unclear narrative concerning its origins, its development, a prosopography of the mentioned persons, an interpretation of its meaning and of the stages of its continuous creation. This completely new approach profoundly revises the source with a strong focus on its biblical roots. Ivan Biliarsky abandons the “national” understanding of the apocryphon and introduces evidence about its significance for the enforcement of the Byzantine-Slavic/Bulgarian Commonwealth and solidarity.

Contents:

Front Matter

Introduction

The Text of the Literary Work and Its Manuscript Tradition

Tale of the Prophet Isaiah in the Context of Mediaeval Literature and Modern Researches

The Chosen People and the Promised Land

The Divinely Chosen King, Humble to God: Tsar Izot, or Davidic Royalty

The Renovator King: Tsar Ispor and the Mosaic Royalty: Constantine and the Royalty of the Ruler-Converter to Christianity

Kings and Their Names

Conclusion

The List of Names of the Bulgar Princes: Between Myth and History

The Birth of the Founding Kings

The Tabernacle of the Empire or the State-Church

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

"This book is a translation of ... Skazanie na Isaiah proroka i formiraneto na politicheskata ideologija na rannosrednovekovna Bulgaria (=Tale of the prophet Isaiah and the formation of the political ideology of early medieval Bulgaria) ... published in 2011 in Sofia"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-25438-2

OCLC:

857971030

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004254381 DOI