Theologica Minora: The Minor Genres of Byzantine Theological Literature (Studies in Byzantine History and Civilization) (English, French and Greek Edition)

The Title Of This Volume, 'theologica Minora', May Wrongly Suggest That The Essays Contained Herein Purport An Antiquarian Interest In Some Minor Theological Quibbles Within The Vast Ocean That Is Byzantine Theological Literature. On The Contrary, This Volume Illuminates Texts And Theological Genres Which Have So Far Remained Unexplored Or Under-investigated By The Vast Majority Of Scholars. Whilst Unlocking The As Yet Unknown Troves Of Florilegia, Religious Poetry, And Monastic Kephalaia, This Volume Investigates The Cultural Background Of These Different Endeavors And Provides An Image Of Byzantine Theological Literature Which Repudiates The Rigid Narratives Proposed To Date-- Les Collections De Kephalaia Monastiques: Naissance Et Succès D’un Genre Entre Création Originale, Plagiat Et Florilège / Paul Géhin -- Exploration Du Genre Byzantin Des Kephalaia: La Collection Attribuée à Théognoste / Peter Van Deun -- Malachias The Monk As A Textual Critic Of Lxx Proverbs / Reinhart Ceulemans -- Catanyctic Religious Poetry. A Survey / Antonia Giannouli -- Towards A Classification Of Sources In The Byzantine Question-and-answer Literature / Pavel Ermilov -- Questions Et Réponses Sur La Controverse Palamite. Un Texte Inédit D’origine Athonite Et Son Auteur Véritable (marc Kyrtos) / Antonio Rigo -- Les énigmes D’un Presbytre De Constantinople / Michel Asmus -- The Transmission Of Some Writings By Psellos In Thirteenth-century Constantinople / Inmaculada Pérez Martín. Edited By Antonio Rigo In Collaboration With Pavel Ermilov & Michele Trizio. International Conference Proceedings From The 22nd Annual Conference Of St. Tikhon's Orthodox University Of Moscow, Russia, Held November 21-22, 2011, Organized In Collanoration With The Dipartimento Di Studi Umanistici, Università Ca' Foscari, Venice. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Four English And 4 French Contributions; Includes Some Passages In Greek. abbreviations vii preface ix paul géhin, Les collections de kephalaia monastiques: naissance et succès d’un genre entre création originale, plagiat et florilège 1 peter van deun, Exploration du genre byzantin des kephalaia: la collection attribuée à Théognoste 51 reinhart ceulemans, Malachias the Monk as a Textual Critic of LXX Proverbs 67 antonia giannouli, Catanyctic Religious Poetry. A Survey 86 pavel ermilov, Towards a Classification of Sources in Byzantine Question-and-Answer Literature 110 antonio rigo, Questions et réponses sur la controverse palamite. Un texte inédit d’origine athonite et son auteur véritable (Marc Kyrtos) 126 michel asmus, Les énigmes d’un presbytre de Constantinople 152 inmaculada prez martn, The Transmission of Some Writings by Psellos in Thirteenth-century Constantinople 159 illustrations 175 index 187 1. List of Illustrations 189 2. Manuscripts 190 3. Names of Persons: Ancient and Medieval 192 4. Modern Authors 197 This volume unlocks the as yet unknown treasure troves of Byzantine religious florilegia and poetry, and monastic kephalaia. The title of this volume, Theologica Minora, may wrongly suggest that the essays contained herein purport an antiquarian interest in some minor theological quibbles within the vast ocean that is Byzantine theological literature. On the contrary, this volume illuminates texts and theological genres which have so far remained unexplored or under-investigated by the vast majority of scholars. Whilst unlocking the as yet unknown troves of florilegia, religious poetry, and monastic kephalaia, this volume investigates the cultural background of these different endeavors and provides an image of Byzantine theological literature which repudiates the rigid narratives proposed to date