Universität Wien

010047 SE "Heaven on earth": Introduction to the Byzantine Rite (2014W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 1 - Theologien und Religionswiss.
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 23.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 3 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 30.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 3 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 06.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 3 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 13.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 3 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 20.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 3 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 27.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 3 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 04.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 3 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 11.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 3 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 18.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 3 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 08.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 3 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 15.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 3 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 22.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 3 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In his commentary on Byzantine liturgy, Patriarch Germanos I of Constantinople (ca. 730) described the church as "heaven on earth", a view shared by foreign visitors to Hagia Sophia several centuries later. The first part of this seminar will offer an introduction to the historical and theological development of the Byzantine Rite, focusing on its key centres, Constantinople and Palestine. The primary liturgical books of the Byzantine Rite, such as the "Euchologion" (prayer book of the presider, comparable to a Missal and Sacramentary) and the "Typikon" (regulatory book for the liturgical year, comparable to the Ordines Romani), serve as its main textual sources. The books' rites will be examined within their historical, architectural, and topographic contexts, enabling students to better understand the relationship between the texts and how they were celebrated. The second part of the seminar will examine how the Byzantine liturgical tradition is practiced today among its over 200 million adherents worldwide. Particular attention will be given to the Divine Liturgy (Eucharistic celebration), presented in the seminar through photograph, video, and audio examples. Students will also have opportunities to visit Byzantine Rite churches in Vienna and experience their rites through optional guided excursion (dates to be announced during the first meeting of the Seminar).
Because of its interdisciplinary approach with special emphasis on Byzantine studies, the seminar welcomes students without theological background and from beyond the Catholic Theology Faculty.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance, quizes, presentation, preparation of a written seminar paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

For students of liturgical studies: to apply the methods of liturgical studies to the study of, and become better familiar with, another liturgical tradition.
For students beyond liturgical studies: to learn the basic methods of liturgical studies through examples of the Byzantine Rite.

Examination topics

Recommended readings, handouts, presentations by the lecturer, presentations with extensive discussion, photo, video, and audio examples, preparation of a written seminar paper.

Reading list

Primärquellen:
* Stefano PARENTI - Elena VELKOVSKA (Hgg.), L'Eucologio Barberini gr. 336 (Bibliotheca «Ephemerides Liturgicae» Subsidia 80), Rom 2. Aufl. 2000.
* Juan MATEOS, Le Typicon de la Grande Église. Ms. Sainte-Croix no. 40, Xe siècle. Introduction, texte critique, traduction et notes, II. Bd. (Orientalia Christiana Analecta 165-166), Rom 1962-1963.

Literatur:
* Robert F. TAFT, The Byzantine Rite. A Short History, Collegeville/MN 1992.
* Hans-Joachim SCHULZ, Die byzantinische Liturgie. Glaubenszeugnis und Symbolgestalt, Trier 3. Aufl. 2000.
* Robert F. TAFT, The Liturgy of the Great Church. An Initial Synthesis of Structure and Interpretation on the Eve of Iconoclasm, in: Dumbarton Oaks Papers 34/35 (1980-1981), 45-75.
* John F. BALDOVIN, The Urban Character of Christian Worship. The Origins, Development, and Meaning of Stational Liturgy (Orientalia Christiana Analecta 228), Rom 1987.
* Anton BAUMSTARK, Denkmäler der Entstehungsgeschichte des byzantinischen Ritus, in: Oriens Christianus 24 (1927), 1-32.
* Robert F. TAFT, Mount Athos. A Late Chapter in the History of the Byzantine Rite, in: Dumbarton Oaks Papers 42 (1988), 179-194.
* Nikodemus C. SCHNABEL, Die liturgischen Gewänder und Insignien des Diakons, Presbyters und Bischofs in den Kirchen des byzantinischen Ritus, Echter, Würzburg 2008.
* Vasileios MARINIS, Architecture and Ritual in the Churches of Constantinople. Ninth to Fifteenth Centuries, New York u. a. 2014.
* Sharon E. J. GERSTEL - Robert S. NELSON (Hgg.), Approaching the Holy Mountain. Art and Liturgy at St Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai, Turnhout 2010.
* Reinhard MEßNER, Einführung in die Liturgiewissenschaft (UTB 2173), Paderborn u. a. 2. Aufl. 2009.
* Konrad ONASCH, Lexikon Liturgie und Kunst der Ostkirche unter Berücksichtigung der Alten Kirche, Berlin 1993.
* Alexander KAZHDAN et al. (Hgg.), The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, III. Bd., New York u. a. 1991.
* Elizabeth JEFFREYS et al. (Hgg.), The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies, New York u. a. 2008.
* Basilius J. GROEN - Christian GASTGEBER (Hgg.), Die Liturgie der Ostkirche. Ein Führer zu Gottesdienst und Glaudensleben der orthodoxen und orientalischen Kirchen, Wien u. a. 2012.

Association in the course directory

für 011 (08W, 11W) D31 oder DAM, 033 195 und 033 193 (11W) sowie neues Lehramt 055 BAM, 066 793 MAM, 066 795 M5, Fächerkontingentseminar 2 oder (freies) Wahlfach f. 011 (02W) und 020

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