“The Abomination of Desolation”: Eastern Christian Apocalyptic Literature and the Symbolic Construction of Islam

• Emmanouela Grypeou ^[1]
  1. [1] Stockholm University

     Stockholm University

     Suecia

     
• Localización: Collectanea christiana orientalia ( CCO ), ISSN 1697-2104, Nº. 20, 2023, págs. 57-71
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article focuses on the Christian apocalyptic literature that was produced as a specific reaction to the emergence of Islam and the consolidation of the Islamic rule in the Eastern provinces of Byzantium. The discussion examines how these texts re-cycled, used and manipulated long established cultural stereotypes, biblical exegetical topoi and traditional apocalyptic motifs in order to construct an image of the Muslims as the symbolic “Other”.