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Tale of the Prophet Isaiah [electronic resource] : the Destiny and Meanings of an Apocryphal Text.

By: Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; v. 23.Publication details: Brill, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1299847536
  • 9781299847538
  • 9789004254381
  • 9004254382
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 891.8 891.818107
LOC classification:
  • BS1515.52 .B425 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
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 -- Excursus one: The list of names of the Bulgar princes: between myth and history -- Excursus two: The birth of the founding kings -- Excursus three: The tabernacle of the empire or the state-church.
Summary: The book contains an edition of the original text of "Tale of the Prophet Isaiah" and commentary on the quite unclear narrative concerning its origins, development and an interpretation of its meaning with strong focus on its biblical roots.
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The book contains an edition of the original text of "Tale of the Prophet Isaiah" and commentary on the quite unclear narrative concerning its origins, development and an interpretation of its meaning with strong focus on its biblical roots.

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-310) and index.

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 -- Excursus one: The list of names of the Bulgar princes: between myth and history -- Excursus two: The birth of the founding kings -- Excursus three: The tabernacle of the empire or the state-church.

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