Jews in Byzantium

Jews in Byzantium
Author: Robert Bonfil
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 1059
Release: 2011-10-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004203559

Byzantine Jews: Dialectics of Minority and Majority Cultures is the collective product of a three year research group convened under the auspices of Scholion: Interdisciplinary Research Center in Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The volume provides both a survey and an analysis of the social and cultural history of Byzantine Jewry from its inception until the fifteenth century, within the wider context of the Byzantine world.

The Concept of the Elect Nation in Byzantium

The Concept of the Elect Nation in Byzantium
Author: Shay Eshel
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2018-03-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004363831

In The Concept of the Elect Nation in Byzantium, Shay Eshel shows how the Old Testament model of the ancient Israelites was a prominent factor in the evolution of Roman-Byzantine national awareness between the 7th and 13th centuries. The Byzantines' interpretation of the 7th century epic events as manifestations of God's wrath enabled them to incorporate the events into a paradigm which they now embraced: the Old Testament paradigm of the Israelite Elect Nation's complex relationship with God, a cyclic relation of sin, wrath, punishment, repentance and salvation. The Elect Nation concept enabled the Byzantines to express the shift in their collective identity toward a shrunken, yet more clearly defined, national awareness.

We are Few

We are Few
Author: Annette B. Fromm
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780739120613

The Jewish community of Ioannina, in Northwestern Greece, traces its roots to Byzantine times if not earlier. In the early 20th century, at least half of the community's population emigrated to settle in Athens, Israel, and the United States because of economic and religious reasons. The cataclysm of the Holocaust dramatically decimated the community. This steady outward movement created an abrupt rupture of their patterns of traditional culture. We are Few brings this unique community to life in a series of ethnographic sketches of history and traditional culture in order to understand its intense allegiance to ethnic identity. Dr. Annette Fromm explores the decreasing inventory of cultural traditions from the patterns of daily life to the rituals and customs associated with life cycle events and holiday celebrations. Through the periodic return of individuals associated with the Jews of Ioannina, pilgrims, a new avenue of the expression of ethnic identity has been created. These visits reassure residents that the Jewish community of Ioannina still exists no matter how dispersed. This study is useful for graduate level students and researchers of Anthropology and Jewish Studies.

A Companion to Byzantium and the West, 900-1204

A Companion to Byzantium and the West, 900-1204
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 591
Release: 2021-12-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004499245

This book explores the complex history of contact and exchange between Byzantium and the Latin West over a formative period of more than three hundred years, with a focus on the political, ecclesiastical and cultural spheres.

The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies

The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies
Author: Martin Goodman
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks Online
Total Pages: 1060
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780199280322

The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies reflects the current state of scholarship in the field as analyzed by an international team of experts in the different and varied areas represented within contemporary Jewish Studies. Unlike recent attempts to encapsulate the current state of Jewish Studies, the Oxford Handbook is more than a mere compendium of agreed facts; rather, it is an exhaustive survey of current interests and directions in the field.

Things Revealed

Things Revealed
Author: Michael Edward Stone
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004138854

This collection of articles dedicated to Michael E. Stone contains cutting-edge studies on apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, early Judaism, and early Christianity.