How did Stefan the First-Crowned Look up to Psalms of David in his Literal Expression on Events from Life of St. Simeon Cover Image

Како се Стефан Првовенчани угледао на Давидове Псалме у свом литерарном казивању о догађајима из живота Светог Симеона
How did Stefan the First-Crowned Look up to Psalms of David in his Literal Expression on Events from Life of St. Simeon

Author(s): Čedomir Rebić
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Middle Ages, 13th to 14th Centuries, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Свети Архијерејски Синод
Keywords: Biblical motifs; Psalms, St. Simeon; ascetic life; prayer; holy virtues; poetic formulas

Summary/Abstract: Stefan the First-Crowned looked up to Psalms; they became his model for acquiring poetic skills – for developing poetic forms and types of expressions. Psalms were his model in other respects – for choosing the subject and notional focus of hagiography; historical truth included in the piece of art introduced the First-Crowned in the meaningful depths of psalms; in the philosophicalaesthetic understanding from which the need to arrange certain parts of hagiography text using quotations from psalms emerged.

  • Issue Year: XLVI/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 861-876
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian