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The Legacy of Demetrius of Alexandria 189-232 CE: The Form and Function of Hagiography in Late Antique and Islamic Egypt de Maged Mikhail

The Legacy of Demetrius of Alexandria 189-232 CE: The Form and Function of Hagiography in Late Antique and Islamic Egypt: Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World

Autor Maged Mikhail
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 dec 2019
This is the first full-length study of Demetrius of Alexandria (189–232 ce), who generated a neglected, yet remarkable hagiographic program that secured him a positive legacy throughout the Middle Ages and the modern era. Drawing upon Patristic, Coptic, and Arabic sources spanning a millennium, the analysis contextualizes the Demetrian corpus at its various stages of composition and presents the totality of his hagiographic corpus in translation.




This volume constitutes a definitive study of Demetrius, but more broadly, it provides a clearly delineated hagiographic program and charts its evolution against a backdrop of political developments and intercommunal interactions. This fascinating study is a useful resource for students of Demetrius and the Church in Egypt in this period, but also for anyone working on Early Christianity and hagiography more generally.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780367876821
ISBN-10: 0367876825
Pagini: 228
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface


Abbreviations


Part I: The Genesis and Evolution of a Hagiographic Program


1. The Bishop and the Scholar


2. Sources


3. Early Imprints


4. Date and Socio-Literary Setting of the Sahidic Coptic Tradition


5. The Encomium on Demetrius as Hagiography


6. Hagiography across Language and Culture


7. Arabic Recensions, Amendments, and Omissions: Emergence of the Normative Hagiography


8. Lent and Epact in Alexandria


9. Form, Function, and Meaning


Part II: Texts – Demetrius’s Bio-Hagiographic Dossier


I. Earliest Evidence


II. An Encomium on Demetrius of Alexandria


III. Demetrius’s sirah in the History of the Patriarchs’ Primitive Recension


IV. Eutychius’s Nazm al-jawhar (The String of Pearls)


V. Kitab al-tawarīkh and the Chronicon orientale


VI. The Coptic-Arabic synaksar (Synaxarium)


VII. Abu al-Barakat’s Musbah al-zulma (A Lamp in the Darkness)


VIII. The Difnar (Antiphonarium)


IX. Doxologies and Praises


Works Cited


Index


Recenzii

"The Legacy of Demetrius is a multi-faceted jewel of historical investigation. Mikhail first gathers together and contextualizes virtually all that we know of Demetrius himself, and then draws out for us the process through which Demetrius the legend evolved. Through this complex investigation new windows are also opened onto the distinctive shape of Christianity in late antique and Islamic Egypt. Rarely does a study so well combine these different style of exploration." - Lewis Ayres, Durham University, UK
 
"Due to [his] innovative approach and a sovereign handling of the sources, Mikhail's book is considered very successful. His deconstruction of hagiographic legends and motifs, coupled with his analysis of various editorial levels, would have to set a new standard for the study of hagiographic texts."
- Daniel Vaucher, Universität Bern, Germany, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2017

  • Phil Booth, University of Oxford
"The project is a solid one, and the scholarship is of high quality, as one would expect from this author. But I do not think the book should be commissioned at present. The first, analytical part of the book is short (136pp, even with a large font and double spacing) but is then supplemented with translations. But M needs to justify the inclusion of the latter."
(See response from author to this).
  • Prof Lewis Ayres, Durham University, UK
"This is an excellent idea for a book. Combining the study of this enigmatic figure with a study of his legacy and growing reputation makes the book into a paradigm for a growing style of study. At the same time it gives the book a good story to tell which may well increase its audience. I like the idea very much.From the sample material I have to say also that the text seems to be well written and scholarly questions are handled with real precision and care."
  • James Corke-Webster, University of Durham, UK
"This is an excellent proposal, and the MMS provided lives up to many of the promises of that proposal. Projects of such scale are attempted too rarely and should be commended and properly cultivated when they appear. This monograph is of great importance and will be of interest to a variety of different scholarly audiences because of its expansive scope. The author is almost always a reliable guide to an impressive range of material and the research on display is detailed, meticulous and cautious, but prepared to "think big" when the occasion calls for it, and with suitable qualifications. My concerns/thoughts for improvement fall into three main areas [see review for full comments]… This book is an important contribution to scholarship and should be published (though in my opinion with certain revisions and additions noted above). Its important and uniqueness in the marketplace make it a necessary purchase for libraries, and its wide chronological scope should ensure interest levels for a wide range of scholars. "
See the author’s response to the reviews in separate document. I am happy with his responses, and I feel that the comments from Reviewer 1 on the need for the translations are unwarranted.

Descriere

This is the first  full-length study of Demetrius of Alexandria (189–232 CE), who generated a neglected, yet remarkable hagiographic program that secured him a positive legacy throughout the Middle Ages and the modern era. Drawing upon Patristic, Coptic, and Arabic sources spanning a millennium, the analysis contextualizes the Demetrian cor