International congress of byzantine studies belgrade, 22 27 august 2016

BYZANTINES AND THE BIBLE ‒ PART 1
Conveners:
 Reinhart
Ceulemans
, 
Barbara
Crostini
, 
Mariachiara
Fincati
Alexandru
Ionita
, 
Imagining the Salvation of the “Jews” at the End of the First Millennium: 
Byzantine Reception and Interpretation of New Testament Texts 
about the “Jews” and the Faith of Israel
Sébastien
Morlet
, 
Les 
Testimonia
à Byzance : quelques études de cas / 
The 
Testimonia
in Byzantium : A Few Case Studies
Theodora
Panella
, 
Pauline Catena Manuscripts: The Treatment of the Sources
Leontien
Vanderschelden
, 
The Origins of the Catena of the ‘Paris Psalter’
Laurence
Vianès
, 
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Mariachiara
Fincati
, 
Exegetical Annotations from the 12
th
Century in the Codex 
Marchalianus
of the Prophets

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Alexandru Ionita
Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, Romania; 
[e-mail]
Imagining the Salvation of the “Jews” at the End of the First Millennium: 
Byzantine Reception and Interpretation of New Testament Texts 
about the “Jews” and the Faith of Israel
The recent critical edition of “The Life of Saint Basil the Younger” in the series of 
Dumbarton 
Oaks Studies XLV
, 2014, reveals one of the richest sources for the 10
th
Century Byzantine imaginary 
concerning the enthronement of the Lord at his Second Coming, the Last Judgment and the inherent 
Christian question about the faith of the Jews.
In my text-based paper I will compare cardinal affirmations about the Jews from the New 
Testament with their reception and interpretation in this longest and most important middle Byzantine 
saint’s live. Particular attention will deserve also the historical context of the hagiographical writing 
deciphering the eschatological expectations of the Constantinopolitan society and their relevance for 
the construction of a particular attitude concerning the Jewish people and faith in Byzantium.