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“The Abomination of Desolation”: Eastern Christian Apocalyptic Literature and the Symbolic Construction of Islam
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1618-2801
2023 (English)In: Collectanea Christiana Orientalia, ISSN 1697-2104, E-ISSN 2386-7442, Vol. 20, p. 57-71Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This 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".

Abstract [es]

Este trabajo se centra en la literatura apocalíptica cristiana que fue producida como una reacción específica al surgimeinto del islam y la consolidación del dominio islámico en las provincias orientales de Bizancio. La discusión examina cómo estos textos reciclaron, usaron y manipularon estereotipos culturales arraigados, topoiexegéticos bíblicos y motivos apocalípticos tradicionales para construir una imagen de los musulmanes como el "otro" simbólico.

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2023. Vol. 20, p. 57-71
Keywords [en]
Apocalypticism, Early Islam, Eastern Christianity, Ishmaelites
Keywords [es]
Apocalíptica, Islam primitivo, Cristiandad oriental, Ismailitas
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History of Religions
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-224328DOI: 10.21071/cco.v20i.15720ISI: 001069131700003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85169064796OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-224328DiVA, id: diva2:1817480
Available from: 2023-12-06 Created: 2023-12-06 Last updated: 2023-12-06Bibliographically approved

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