Lives and Legends of the Georgian Saints
Author : David Marshall Lang
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Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,21 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Caucasus, South
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Author : David Marshall Lang
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,21 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Caucasus, South
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Author : David Marshall Lang (ed. and tr)
Publisher :
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 33,28 MB
Release : 1976
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Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,24 MB
Release : 1956
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Author : David Marshall Lang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 49,55 MB
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1000483304
With the exception of the life of St. Nino, none of the biographies here had been previously translated into English when this book was originally published in 1956. The lives of the Georgian saints are rich and many-sided, not dry chronicles of monkish trivialities. They contain vivid descriptions of life in the Caucasus, Byzantium and Palestine. They give the reader insight into the history and aspirations of an important branch of the Eastern Church and into its relationships with Zoroastrian Persia, the Arab Caliphate, the Imperial Court of Constantinople and the whole world of mediaeval Christendom.
Author : David Marshall Lang
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 20,85 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Caucasus, South
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Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 20,25 MB
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ISBN : 7838978157
Author : Michael Berman
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 17,57 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1846942799
Full of third sons, talking birds, enchanted places, beautiful women and impossible journeys, these charmingly illustrated stories have a magic-realist, almost absurd quality, and they are told and translated with enough shamanstvo to keep you reading. In his introduction and extensive accompanying gloss, Michael Berman skilfully locates them in their historical, religious, storytelling and shamanic contexts with a scholarship that is both thorough and accessible, making it complementary to the reader's enjoyment. A nice collection. David Ronder
Author : Philip C. Almond
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 47,14 MB
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1009346792
The first book both to tell the story of the Buddha's life and how the Buddha came to the West.
Author : Stephen Wilson
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 36,76 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780521311816
This is a paperback edition of a collection of ten papers by different authors on the cult of saints, first published in hard covers in 1983. Six have been translated from French including a pioneering study by Robert Hertz, one of Durkheim's most eminent pupils. The editor provides a wide-ranging general and historical introduction, and a 100- page annotated bibliography covering material on the subject in all disciplines and in four main languages.
Author : Alexander Mikaberidze
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 813 pages
File Size : 16,43 MB
Release : 2015-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1442241462
Situated in the breathtaking Caucasus Mountains between the Black and the Caspian Seas, the country of Georgia sits at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; it has gone through more turbulence and change in the last twenty five years—the casting off of the Soviet regime, a civil war, two ethno-territorial conflicts, economic collapse, corruption, government inefficiency, and massive emigration—than most countries go through in 250 years. This small nation's strategic location at the crossroads of different civilizations has been a curse as well as a blessing. Once a battlefield between the ancient empires and the Christian and Islamic worlds, today it is caught between its NATO aspirations and its location in Russia’s backyard. Yet, despite all challenges and hardships, this resilient and ancient country, with thousands of years of winemaking, three-thousand years of statehood, and almost two millennia of Christianity, continues to survive and thrive. This book uses its chronology; glossary; introduction; appendixes; maps; bibliography; and over 900 hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events and institutions, as well as significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects to trace Georgia's history and predict its future. This historical dictionary is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Georgia.