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Title |
Title of document |
14. Local Cult, Transforming Miracles, and Global Discourses: Saint George in Lydda - Levantine Entanglements |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Christine Amadou; University of Oslo; Norway |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Archaeology; Religious Studies; Anthropology |
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Subject |
Keyword(s) |
Levant; Eastern Mediterranean; Orientalist; cultural production; Iron Age; Hebrew scripture; Hisban; Jordan; social memory; caravan trade; Palmra; Roman Near East; Syria; Israel; Judah; Persian Empire; Judaism; Constantinople; Holy Land; Middle Ages |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
Middle Eastern Archaeology; Biblical Studies |
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Description |
Abstract |
This chapter takes the cult of St. George as a case study to approach the entanglements of the local and the global in the premodern Levant. It presents the early traditions and the localization of the cult of St. George, and through miracle accounts and other textual representations from the Early Middle Ages, it explores how the dynamics between local ownership and imperial ideology is present through the history of veneration for St. George. This saint cult’s history is marked by two historical watersheds: The Christianization of the Roman army in the fifth century and the conflicts between Christians and Muslims in the seventh century. St. George is interpreted as a mediator, i.e. a “transforming intercessor” on several levels: between the local and the global, between death and life, and between one place and another. This role is taken to explain the immense popularity of St. George and the spread of his cult. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Contributor |
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Date |
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08-Nov-2021 |
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Type |
Status & genre |
Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/38453 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.38453 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Levantine Entanglements |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Coverage |
Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Middle East |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |