“The Abomination of Desolation”: Eastern Christian Apocalyptic Literature and the Symbolic Construction of IslamCollectanea Christiana OrientaliaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/AMM4YQLZ/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.EmmanouelaGrypeou“The Abomination of Desolation”: Eastern Christian Apocalyptic Literature and the Symbolic Construction of Islamhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/AMM4YQLZhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/AMM4YQLZhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/AMM4YQLZCollectanea Christiana Orientalia20202357-71This article focuses on the Christian apocalyptic literature that was produced as a specific reaction to the emergence of Islam and the consolidation of the Islamic rule in the Eastern provinces of Byzantium. The discussion examines how these texts re-cycled, used and manipulated long established cultural stereotypes, biblical exegetical topoi and traditional apocalyptic motifs in order to construct an image of the Muslims as the symbolic “Other”.
Grypeou, Emmanouela. “‘The Abomination of Desolation’: Eastern Christian Apocalyptic Literature and the Symbolic Construction of Islam.” Collectanea Christiana Orientalia 20 (2023): 57–71.
Emmanouela Grypeou, ‘The Abomination of Desolation’: Eastern Christian Apocalyptic Literature and the Symbolic Construction of Islam,Collectanea Christiana Orientalia 20 (2023): 57–71.AntichristApocalypse of Pseudo-EphremApocalypse of Pseudo-MethodiusEdessene ApocalypseEphremiana [Syriac]Gospel of Twelve ApostlesMuslim-Christian relationsNT apocryphaPseudo-EphremVII CEVII-XVIII CEapocalypticismeschatologypolemic