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In order to show that all this was part of God's plan

This provocative volume explores the origins of the Jewish doctrine of the resurrection of the dead

Erik Erikson

Folz is Associate Professor of Religion at Concordia University

Ashgate Research Companion to Byzantine Hagiography, Volume 2: Genres and Contexts Bibel 2000 6-1/8 x 9-1/4For an entire millennium, Byzantine hagiography, inspired by the veneration of many saints, exhibited literary dynamism and a capacity to vary its basic forms. The subgenres into which it branched out after its remarkable start in the fourth century underwent alternating phases of development and decline that were intertwined with changes in the political, social and literary spheres. The selection of saintly heroes, an interest in depicting social