Personhood in the Byzantine Christian Tradition - 9781472472786

Taylor & Francis

Personhood in the Byzantine Christian TraditionEarly, Medieval, and Modern Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Alexis Torrance, Symeon Paschalidis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472472786, 978-1472472786\nSynopsis\nBringing together international scholars from across a range of linked disciplines to examine the concept of the person in the Greek Christian East, Personhood in the Byzantine Christian Tradition stretches in its scope from the New Testament to contemporary debates surrounding personhood in Eastern Orthodoxy. Attention is paid to a number of pertinent areas that have not hitherto received the scholarly attention they deserve, such as Byzantine hymnography and iconology, the work of early miaphysite thinkers, as well as the relevance of late Byzantine figures to the discussion. Similarly, certain long-standing debates surrounding the question are revisited or reframed, whether regarding the concept of the perso.