 | Roman Defeat, Christian Response, and the Literary Construction of the Jew Subjects: Church and state -- Byzantine Empire; Christianity -- Byzantine Empire -- History -- Middle Ages 600–1500; Christianity and antisemitism -- History; Judaism -- Controversial literature -- History and criticism; Christian literature Byzantine -- History; Olster explores Byzantine Christian reactions to the catastrophic Persian and Arab invasions, challenging long-held assumptions that divided "religious" from "secular" literature and exempted religion from contemporary social, political, and intellectual discourse. David M. Olster is Professor of History at the University of Kentucky. |
