Roman Defeat, Christian Response, and the Literary Construction of the Jew / David M. Olster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olster, David M., author.

Series:

Middle Ages series.

The Middle Ages Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian literature, Byzantine--History and criticism.

Christian literature, Byzantine.

Judaism--Controversial literature--History and criticism.

Judaism.

Christianity and antisemitism--History.

Christianity and antisemitism.

Church and state--Byzantine Empire.

Church and state.

Byzantine Empire--Church history.

Byzantine Empire.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Olster explores Byzantine Christian reactions to the catastrophic Persian and Arab invasions, challenging long-held assumptions that divided "religious" from "secular" literature and exempted religion from contemporary social, political, and intellectual discourse.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Politics and Theology: The Anachronism of Modern Scholarship

2. Christianity: The Imperial Religion

3. Crisis and Response: The "New" Rhetoric of George of Pisidia

4. A Tale of Two Cities

5. Christians Without an Empire: The Patriarch Sophronius

6. "We Are Still Better Than You": The Syrian Dialogues

7. Gregentius and Herbanus: The New Christian Patria

8. A Jewish-Christian Dialogue: The Exception to the Rule

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-195) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jun 2017)

ISBN:

9781512809558

1512809551

9780585113692

0585113696

OCLC:

967532864