Insanity and Sanctity in Byzantium

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, History, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Social Psychology, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Youval Rotman ISBN: 9780674973114
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: September 19, 2016
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Youval Rotman
ISBN: 9780674973114
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: September 19, 2016
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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