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100 1 a| Strickler, Ryan W.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjy8CT3gwV69J6QgFRmdpP?| UNAUTHORIZED;

245 10 a| Early Byzantine apocalyptic discourses :b| coping with crises in the sixth and seventh centuries /c| by Ryan W. Strickler.;

264 1 a| Leiden :b| Brill,c| [2026];

300 a| viii, 228 pages ;c| 25 cm;

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490 0 a| Brill's series on the Early Middle Ages,x| 1878-4879 ;;

500 a| Thesis (doctoral)--Macquarie University.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index.;

505 0 a| Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 1. Setting the scene -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Late-Antique and Seventh-Century literature -- 4. Apocalyptic literature and discourse -- 5. Scholarship on the apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius -- 6. Conclusion -- 2. Sixth-Century crises -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The year 6000 -- 3. Apocalyptic continuations -- 4. Disasters and riots -- 5. The plague of Justinian -- 6. Procopius and Justinian -- 7. Conclusion -- 3. The Emperor: Messianic hero or Antichrist? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Heroic emperors -- 2.1 Maurice's "martyrdom": prophecies in Theophylact Simocatta -- 2.2 Heraclius: the empire's new hope -- 2.3 The Eschatological emperor -- 3. The emperor as adversary -- 3.1 Phocas: destroyer of the empire -- 3.2 Heraclius: usher of the apocalypse? -- 3.3 Emperor and priest? -- 4. Conclusion -- 4. Remaining steadfast: apostasy and identity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Identity: a fraught subject -- 3. Narrativity and social identity -- 3.1 Emplotment -- 3.2 Apostasy -- 4. Sources -- 5. Adversus Judaeos literature -- 5.1 Papiscus and Philo -- 5.2 The Doctrina of Jacob the Newly Baptised -- 6. Apostasy in apocalyptic discourse -- 6.1 The life of Theodore of Sykeon -- 6.2 The life of George of Choziba -- 6.3 Fragment by Maximus the Confessor -- 6.4 The apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius -- 7. Conclusion -- 5. Monsters in our midst: dehumanising the enemy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dehumanisation -- 3. Sources -- 4. Imperial Dehumanisation -- 4.1 Phocas -- 4.2 Heraclius or Armilos? -- 5. Dehumanisation of the Persians -- 6. Dehumanisation of Islamic invaders -- 6.1 Sophronius -- 6.2 Maximus the Confessor -- 6.3 Pseudo-Methodius -- 7. Gog and Magog -- 7.1 Syriac Alexander Legend -- 7.2 Pseudo-Methodius -- 8. Conclusion -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index;

520 a| "The Byzantine Empire faced many threats, but few were as great as the events of the sixth and seventh centuries, when paranoia, plagues, and wars threatened to tear the empire apart. Like today, prophets predicted horrors to come while preachers called on their congregations to repent. This book considers how the Byzantines understood the crises of the period and their role in divine history by reframing their troubles through an apocalyptic lens. While most scholars have interpreted these messages as a prediction of the end, this book argues for a different reading, understanding them instead as messages of hope."--c| Provided by publisher.;

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651 0 a| Byzantine Empirex| Historyy| 527-1081.=| ^A207777;

651 0 a| Byzantine Empirex| Church history.=| ^A38718;

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Early Byzantine apocalyptic discourses : coping with crises in the sixth and seventh centuries / by Ryan W. Strickler.

Author/creator	Strickler, Ryan W.
Format	Book
Publication	Leiden : Brill, [2026]
Copyright Date	©2026
Description	viii, 228 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects	Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism. Byzantine Empire--History. --527-1081. Byzantine Empire--Church history.

Series	Brill's series on the Early Middle Ages, 1878-4879 ;
Contents	Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 1. Setting the scene -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Late-Antique and Seventh-Century literature -- 4. Apocalyptic literature and discourse -- 5. Scholarship on the apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius -- 6. Conclusion -- 2. Sixth-Century crises -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The year 6000 -- 3. Apocalyptic continuations -- 4. Disasters and riots -- 5. The plague of Justinian -- 6. Procopius and Justinian -- 7. Conclusion -- 3. The Emperor: Messianic hero or Antichrist? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Heroic emperors -- 2.1 Maurice's "martyrdom": prophecies in Theophylact Simocatta -- 2.2 Heraclius: the empire's new hope -- 2.3 The Eschatological emperor -- 3. The emperor as adversary -- 3.1 Phocas: destroyer of the empire -- 3.2 Heraclius: usher of the apocalypse? -- 3.3 Emperor and priest? -- 4. Conclusion -- 4. Remaining steadfast: apostasy and identity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Identity: a fraught subject -- 3. Narrativity and social identity -- 3.1 Emplotment -- 3.2 Apostasy -- 4. Sources -- 5. Adversus Judaeos literature -- 5.1 Papiscus and Philo -- 5.2 The Doctrina of Jacob the Newly Baptised -- 6. Apostasy in apocalyptic discourse -- 6.1 The life of Theodore of Sykeon -- 6.2 The life of George of Choziba -- 6.3 Fragment by Maximus the Confessor -- 6.4 The apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius -- 7. Conclusion -- 5. Monsters in our midst: dehumanising the enemy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dehumanisation -- 3. Sources -- 4. Imperial Dehumanisation -- 4.1 Phocas -- 4.2 Heraclius or Armilos? -- 5. Dehumanisation of the Persians -- 6. Dehumanisation of Islamic invaders -- 6.1 Sophronius -- 6.2 Maximus the Confessor -- 6.3 Pseudo-Methodius -- 7. Gog and Magog -- 7.1 Syriac Alexander Legend -- 7.2 Pseudo-Methodius -- 8. Conclusion -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Abstract	"The Byzantine Empire faced many threats, but few were as great as the events of the sixth and seventh centuries, when paranoia, plagues, and wars threatened to tear the empire apart. Like today, prophets predicted horrors to come while preachers called on their congregations to repent. This book considers how the Byzantines understood the crises of the period and their role in divine history by reframing their troubles through an apocalyptic lens. While most scholars have interpreted these messages as a prediction of the end, this book argues for a different reading, understanding them instead as messages of hope."-- Provided by publisher.
General note	Thesis (doctoral)--Macquarie University.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index.
Issued in other form	9789004745889 e-book version
ISBN	9789004745858
ISBN	e-book
ISBN	9004745858

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