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Arentzen, T. (2024). Songs about Women: [by] Romanos the Melodist. Harvard University Press
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2024 (English)Book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

At a time when Christianity was becoming the dominant religion in the Byzantine Roman Empire, Romanos the Melodist (ca. 485–565) was a composer of songs for festivals and rituals in late antique Constantinople. Most of his songs include dramatic dialogues or monologues woven with imagery from ordinary life, and his name became inseparably tied to the kontakion, a genre of dramatic hymn. Later Byzantine religious poets enthusiastically praised his creative virtuosity and a legend claimed that Romanos’s inspiration came directly from the Virgin Mary herself.

Songs about Women contains eighteen works related to the liturgical calendar that feature important female characters, many portrayed as models for Christian life. They appear as heroines and villains, saints and sinners, often as transgressive and bold. Romanos’s songs offer intriguing perspectives on gender ideals and women’s roles in the early Byzantine world.

This edition presents a new translation of the Byzantine Greek texts into English.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Harvard University Press, 2024. p. 576
Series
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library ; 83
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-512997 (URN)9780674290938 (ISBN)
Available from: 2023-10-02 Created: 2023-10-02 Last updated: 2023-10-02
Arentzen, T. (2024). The Akathistos Aniconically: Meditations on Unsettled Seeing. In: Jon Cosme Cubas Diaz (Ed.), The Akathistos Hymnos and Intermedial Compositional Processes in Later Byzantium: Sung, Written, Painted. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Akathistos Aniconically: Meditations on Unsettled Seeing
2024 (English)In: The Akathistos Hymnos and Intermedial Compositional Processes in Later Byzantium: Sung, Written, Painted / [ed] Jon Cosme Cubas Diaz, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024
Series
New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture
Keywords
ecology, akathistos hymn, aniconicity, mariology
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-515956 (URN)
Note

The book is in press

Available from: 2023-11-15 Created: 2023-11-15 Last updated: 2023-11-15
Arentzen, T. (2023). A Venture into Dark Mariology. Stanford University
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2023 (English)Other (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, pages
Stanford University: , 2023
Keywords
ecology, mariology, akathistos
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-515954 (URN)
Available from: 2023-11-15 Created: 2023-11-15 Last updated: 2023-11-15
Arentzen, T. (2023). Byzantine Tree Life [book presentation]. University of Southern California, LA
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2023 (English)Other (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, pages
University of Southern California, LA: , 2023
Keywords
trees, ecology, theology, byzantium, hexaemeron
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-515955 (URN)
Available from: 2023-11-15 Created: 2023-11-15 Last updated: 2023-11-15
Arentzen, T. (2023). "Ditt lövs sus åkallar Skaparen": kristna träd och förgreningar i tro.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>"Ditt lövs sus åkallar Skaparen": kristna träd och förgreningar i tro
2023 (Swedish)Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-512996 (URN)
Available from: 2023-10-02 Created: 2023-10-02 Last updated: 2023-10-02
Arentzen, T. (2023). Eating the Gospel: Food for Thought in Romanos the Melodist [keynote]. In: : . Paper presented at O Taste and See that the Lord is Good: Church Music, Food, and Nourishment. The Tenth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, Joensuu (Finland), 12-18 June 2023.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Eating the Gospel: Food for Thought in Romanos the Melodist [keynote]
2023 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Other academic)
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-512999 (URN)
Conference
O Taste and See that the Lord is Good: Church Music, Food, and Nourishment. The Tenth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, Joensuu (Finland), 12-18 June 2023
Available from: 2023-10-02 Created: 2023-10-02 Last updated: 2023-10-02
Arentzen, T. (2023). Er naturen religiøs?.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Er naturen religiøs?
2023 (Norwegian)Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Abstract [no]

I tidlig kristen litteratur kan vi lese om trær som bøyer seg i ærbødighet for det hellige. Er trær noe mer enn bare ved? Hva har vi mistet på veien dit vi er i dag? Hvis alt skapt har en verdi i seg selv, kan vi da forholde oss til andre arter slik vi har gjort de siste århundrene? Må vi begynne å se på stammer, sopp og spirer med et nytt blikk? Og er dette blikket noe vi kan ha til felles, på tvers av ulike religioner?

National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-499439 (URN)
Available from: 2023-03-30 Created: 2023-03-30 Last updated: 2023-03-30
Purpura, A. & Arentzen, T. (2023). Introducing Gender and Orthodox Christianity. In: Ashley Purpura, Thomas Arentzen & Susan Ashbrook Harvey (Ed.), Rethinking Genderin Orthodox Christianity: (pp. 1-14). Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Introducing Gender and Orthodox Christianity
2023 (English)In: Rethinking Genderin Orthodox Christianity / [ed] Ashley Purpura, Thomas Arentzen & Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2023, p. 1-14Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2023
Keywords
gendern, sex, eastern orthodox christianity, greek orthodox, russian orthodox
National Category
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-514243 (URN)978-1-6667-5526-8 (ISBN)978-1-6667-5527-5 (ISBN)978-1-6667-5528-2 (ISBN)
Available from: 2023-10-16 Created: 2023-10-16 Last updated: 2023-11-14
Arentzen, T. (2023). Istanbuls træer åbner for det hellige.
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2023 (Danish)Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Abstract [da]

Kan træer have en form for bevidsthed? Kan de handle på eget initiativ?

Thomas Arentzen er ekspert indenfor tidlig kristen poesi og litteratur og har forsket i de tidlige kristnes opfattelse af træer. Sidste efterår var Arentzen i Istanbul. Her mødte han træer, som har stået på hellige steder i hundredvis af år.

Keywords
trees, Istanbul
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-509107 (URN)
Note

(Detta är en dansk översättning av en essä som tidigare publicerats på norska.)

Available from: 2023-08-15 Created: 2023-08-15 Last updated: 2023-08-15
Arentzen, T. (2023). Istanbuls trær åpner for det hellige. Tørst (1), 12-16
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Istanbuls trær åpner for det hellige
2023 (Norwegian)In: Tørst, ISSN 1891-8832, no 1, p. 12-16Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Areopagos Norge, 2023
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-501457 (URN)
Available from: 2023-05-08 Created: 2023-05-08 Last updated: 2023-05-09Bibliographically approved
Projects
Beyond the Garden: An Ecocritical Approach to Early Byzantine Christianity [2018-01130_VR]; Uppsala University; Publications
Arentzen, T. (2024). The Akathistos Aniconically: Meditations on Unsettled Seeing. In: Jon Cosme Cubas Diaz (Ed.), The Akathistos Hymnos and Intermedial Compositional Processes in Later Byzantium: Sung, Written, Painted. Cham: Palgrave MacmillanArentzen, T. (2023). A Venture into Dark Mariology. Stanford UniversityArentzen, T. (2023). Byzantine Tree Life [book presentation]. University of Southern California, LAArentzen, T. (2023). "Ditt lövs sus åkallar Skaparen": kristna träd och förgreningar i tro. Arentzen, T. (2023). Eating the Gospel: Food for Thought in Romanos the Melodist [keynote]. In: : . Paper presented at O Taste and See that the Lord is Good: Church Music, Food, and Nourishment. The Tenth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, Joensuu (Finland), 12-18 June 2023. Arentzen, T. (2023). Er naturen religiøs?. Arentzen, T. (2023). Istanbuls træer åbner for det hellige. Arentzen, T. (2023). Istanbuls trær åpner for det hellige. Tørst (1), 12-16Arentzen, T. (2023). Mot teologins nollpunkt: – ett omanifest. Teologia.fiArentzen, T. (2023). Trærnes evangelium. Vårt land, 32-34
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