Depicting the Word

Byzantine Iconophile Thought of the Eighth and Ninth Centuries
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-90-04-10502-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 553 g

Reihe: The Medieval Mediterranean

This volume is a comparative study of the major iconophile writings of John of Damascus, Theodore the Studite and the Patriarch Nikephoros. Contrary to expectations, this study shows that far from being reactionary in their thought, the iconophiles were in fact more radical in their theology that the iconoclasts.
Following an historical introduction, the first part of the book deals with philosophical themes. Titles of particular chapters include Aristotelianism, Icon and Idol, Patristic Authority, Written and Unwritten Tradition, Modes of Veneration, and Biblical Exegesis.
This book will be of considerable interest to scholars and students of the Byzantine iconoclastic period. Readers seeking to understand the importance of icons and iconography in Byzantine Christianity will find this volume particularly useful.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parry

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Östliche & Orientalische Orthodoxe Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations

Historical Introduction 1
Image and Prototype 22
Types of Images 34
Icon and Idol 44
Aristotelianism 52
The Incarnation 70
Angelology 81
Image and Likeness 89
Circumscription and Uncircumscribability 99
Apophaticism and Deification 114
Biblical Exegesis 125
Heresies and Church Councils 133
Patristic Authority 145
Written and Unwritten Tradition 156
Modes of Veneration 166
Eucharist and Cross 178
Theotokos and Saints 191
Conclusion 202

Bibliography 207
Index 213

Über Autor(innen)

Kenneth Parry, Ph.D. (1993) in Theology, University of Manchester, teaches Religious Studies at the University of Manchester. He has published several papers on Byzantine theology and is a contributing editor to A Dictionary of Eastern Christianity (Blackwell, 1997).