Descriptions of Mount Tabor in Context of Greek-Latin Relations in the Era of the Crusades
https://doi.org/10.15829/2686-973X-2024-168
EDN: AAXADW
Abstract
The article considers a set of problems related to the descriptions of the shrines of Mount Tabor in the era of the Crusades (1096–1291; taking into account the pilgrimage literature preceding this era and descriptions of subsequent centuries). The descriptions created by the Greek and Slavic pilgrims have common features that find no analogues in the texts of the authorship of the Latin pilgrims. The explanation of these contradictions requires the inclusion of medieval itineraries in the general context of Greek-Latin church relations and theological polemics in the Holy Land. A comparative analysis of the descriptions of the holy Mount Tabor showed that in the 12–13th centuries the hidden tension that existed between the “Latins” and the Orthodox manifested itself in a different attitude to the cave church of St. Melchizedek, which, in turn, was closely related to the question of leavened or unleavened liturgical bread, which occupied an important place in theological controversy of the epoch.
Supporting agencies: The work was carried out in accordance with the state task of the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences within the framework of the Program of fundamental scientific research in the direction “Russia and the Middle East: historical, political and cultural contacts and interrelations” of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society in 2024.
About the Author
P. A. Pashkov
Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences; St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petr A. Pashkov — Candidate of Theology
Moscow
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Pashkov P.A. Descriptions of Mount Tabor in Context of Greek-Latin Relations in the Era of the Crusades. Russian Journal of Church History. 2024;5(4):28-44. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15829/2686-973X-2024-168. EDN: AAXADW
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