Insanity and Sanctity in Byzantium
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Author | : Youval Rotman |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2016-09-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674973114 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674973119 |
Rating | : 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Insanity and Sanctity in Byzantium by : Youval Rotman
Book excerpt: In the Roman and Byzantine Near East, the holy fool emerged in Christianity as a way of describing individuals whose apparent madness allowed them to achieve a higher level of spirituality. Youval Rotman examines how the figure of the mad saint or mystic was used as a means of individual and collective transformation prior to the rise is Islam.