Moses as a Role Model in the Serbia Charters after 1371 Changing Patterns
Апстракт
The aspects of the Old Testament figure of Moses highlighted in the charters of post-Nemanjić Serbia, or under the Lazarević and Branković dynasties (1371-1459), testify to a changed attitude towards Old Testament role models. While members of the Nemanjić house such as the archbishop Sava I and the rulers Stefan of Dečani and Dušan look up to Moses as a 'religious leader', a prayerful intercessor before God and a victorious warrior, all of that for the sake of the 'chosen' people, the role he is assigned in the arengae of the charters issued by prince Lazar and despots Stefan Lazarević and Đurađ Branković is completely different. In the universal Christian context of the post-1371 arengae Moses figures as a 'prophet' and the builder of the Tabernacle - a prefiguration of the Church, thereby epitomizing a major stage in the salvation history of humankind. The role of Moses, as well as that of David, the only other Old Testament figure still referred to in the charters of the period, ha...s a universal ecclesiologically interpreted, significance. This new pattern of interpreting Moses implies that the ruler's main virtue now becomes his concern for the 'true faith' and the houses of God. The practice of the Nemanjićs as regards selection and interpretation of Old Testament themes is reestablished by the titular despots of the Branković dynasty. In their charters, the first part of the Bible with Moses as a popular leader reassumes a 'national' character and becomes part of the ideological apparatus intended to posit the Serbs as a 'New Israel'.
Кључне речи:
medieval charters / post-Nemanjić Serbia / Branković and Lazarević dinasties / politico-theological interpretation / arengae / Old Testament / Moses / national leader / actor in salvation historyИзвор:
Balcanica, 2008, XXXIX, 69-78Издавач:
- Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Средњовековно наслеђе Балкана: институције и култура (RS-MESTD-MPN2006-2010-147012)
Институција/група
Балканолошки институт САНУ / Institute for Balkan Studies SASATY - JOUR AU - Vujošević, Žarko PY - 2008 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/4280 AB - The aspects of the Old Testament figure of Moses highlighted in the charters of post-Nemanjić Serbia, or under the Lazarević and Branković dynasties (1371-1459), testify to a changed attitude towards Old Testament role models. While members of the Nemanjić house such as the archbishop Sava I and the rulers Stefan of Dečani and Dušan look up to Moses as a 'religious leader', a prayerful intercessor before God and a victorious warrior, all of that for the sake of the 'chosen' people, the role he is assigned in the arengae of the charters issued by prince Lazar and despots Stefan Lazarević and Đurađ Branković is completely different. In the universal Christian context of the post-1371 arengae Moses figures as a 'prophet' and the builder of the Tabernacle - a prefiguration of the Church, thereby epitomizing a major stage in the salvation history of humankind. The role of Moses, as well as that of David, the only other Old Testament figure still referred to in the charters of the period, has a universal ecclesiologically interpreted, significance. This new pattern of interpreting Moses implies that the ruler's main virtue now becomes his concern for the 'true faith' and the houses of God. The practice of the Nemanjićs as regards selection and interpretation of Old Testament themes is reestablished by the titular despots of the Branković dynasty. In their charters, the first part of the Bible with Moses as a popular leader reassumes a 'national' character and becomes part of the ideological apparatus intended to posit the Serbs as a 'New Israel'. PB - Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts T2 - Balcanica T1 - Moses as a Role Model in the Serbia Charters after 1371 Changing Patterns SP - 69 EP - 78 IS - XXXIX DO - 10.2298/BALC0839069V UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4280 ER -
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Vujošević, Ž.. (2008). Moses as a Role Model in the Serbia Charters after 1371 Changing Patterns. in Balcanica Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.(XXXIX), 69-78. https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0839069V https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4280
Vujošević Ž. Moses as a Role Model in the Serbia Charters after 1371 Changing Patterns. in Balcanica. 2008;(XXXIX):69-78. doi:10.2298/BALC0839069V https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4280 .
Vujošević, Žarko, "Moses as a Role Model in the Serbia Charters after 1371 Changing Patterns" in Balcanica, no. XXXIX (2008):69-78, https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0839069V ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4280 .