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  1. 1. Studies in Hiberno-Latin Hagiography

    Författare :Ingrid Sperber; Monica Hedlund; David N. Dumville; Richard Sharpe; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Latin language; hagiography; Hiberno-Latin; Irish mediaeval history; saints cults; Fintan of Clonenagh; Fínán of Kinnitty; Colmán Elo; Colum of Terryglass; Ciarán of Saigir; Monenna of Killevy; nominative absolute; Latin; Latin language; Latin;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with a selection of Latin Lives of Irish saints, most of which belong to the so-called ‘O’Donohue Lives’, which have earlier been dated to no later than the mid-ninth century. The present thesis deals partly with the dates not of that group as a whole, but with several of the individual Lives; a couple of Lives which do not belong to the O’Donohue group have been included as well. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Sanctity and Environment in Ethiopian Hagiography : The Case of Gedle Gebre Menfes Qiddus

    Författare :Abate Gobena; Samuel Rubenson; Thomas Arentzen; Susan Harvey; Avdelningen för östkyrkliga studier Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hagiography; Ethiopian Orthodox Church; Sanctity of nature; Gebre Menfes Qiddus; Reconciliation of heaven and earth; Eastern Christian Studies; Östkyrkliga studier;

    Sammanfattning : The original forests of the central and northern highlands of Ethiopia are almost entirely confined to the “sacred groves” surrounding the churches and monasteries of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church. In Ethiopian tradition sanctity starts from the Tabot on the altar of the church and extends to the outer periphery of the compound. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Житие Онуфрия Пустынника в рукописной традиции средневековой Руси

    Författare :Karine Åkerman Sarkisian; Ulla Birgegård; Vadim B Krys'ko; Lars Steensland; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and linguistics; Slavic philology; Slavic hagiography; Slavis translation; textual criticism; editorial technique; Greek hagiography; Coptic hagiography; Språkvetenskap; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Slavic Languages; Slaviska språk;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of manuscript material containing the Life of Onuphrius (Onuphrius vita). The purpose of the study is to investigate the history of the Onuphrius text in the Slavic hagiographic tradition and to publish a critical edition of the Slavic text.The Life of Onuphrius circulated widely throughout the entire Christian world. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Constructing Saint Birgitta : Birgittine Preaching and the Cult of Saint Birgitta in Vadstena Abbey, 1397–c. 1510

    Författare :Erik Bergman; Praktisk teologi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Late Medieval Sermons; Birgittine Preaching; Birgitta Birgersdotter; Constructed Sainthood; Hagiography; Liturgy; Cult of Saints; Vadstena Abbey;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to examine the construction of Birgitta Birgersdotter (1303–1373) as a saint in sermons from Vadstena Abbey 1397–c. 1510 and the role of sermons in her cult. LÄS MER

  7. 5. John Rufus and the World Vision of Anti-Chalcedonian Culture

    Författare :Jan-Eric Steppa; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of the Christian church; here; visions; holy man; propaganda; hagiography; Anastasius I; Zeno; Peter the Iberian; Severus of Antioch; John Rufus; Gaza; Palestine; asceticism; monasticism; monophysitism; anti-Chalcedonianism; Chalcedon; Patristics; Byzantine Empire; Late Antiquity; Kristna kyrkans historia; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

    Sammanfattning : The present study deals with the works of John Rufus, disciple of Peter the Iberian at Gaza. There are three works preserved from him, composed in Greek at the turn of the sixth century, and preserved in Syriac: the Life of Peter the Iberian, the Commemoration of the Death of Theodosius, and the Plerophories. LÄS MER