David K Prestel
Biographic Data
| ID | 3922214 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David K Prestel |
| GIVEN NAMES | David K |
| FAMILY NAME | Prestel |
| SIGNATURE | PRESTEL D K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Kievan Rus’ Theology
This essay addresses the long-standing and much-discussed question of the intellectual silence of Rus’ culture, which was first formally posed by Georges Florovsky in a 1962 forum published in the Slavic Review . Initially viewing the issue within the context of Donald Ostrowski ‘s recent book, Europe, Byzantium, and the “Intellectual Silence” of Rus’ Culture (2018), the study contends that in contrast to the practice of theology in Byzantium and…
Holy Folly
Although he does not in important respects fit the traditional paradigm of a Byzantine salos or later Russian iurodivyi, certain aspects of holy foolishness, or perhaps better holy folly, provide insight, in both their presence or absence, for interpreting the tale of the Kievan Caves Monastery monk, Prince Sviatoslav Davidovich (Sviatosha) of Chernigov. The tale is part of a collection of stories about early Caves monks, purported to be a corres…
Greene, Robert H. Bodies like Bright Stars
Cross Kissing
In this study, Yulia Mikhailova and David Prestel suggest that the political culture of pre-Mongolian Rus' may be similar to that of post-Carolingian Europe, where public order still existed in the absence of a strong centralized authority. In Rus' as also in the west, there was an order of norms rather than of institutions. Drawing on sources such as theTestament of Vladimir Monomakhand theHomily of Princes, Mikhailova and Prestel maintain that …
Александр Б. Страхов. Ночь перед Рождеством
The Kievan Caves Monastery
Speculum Slaviae Orientalis
The Povest' vremennykh let
Tale of Bygone Years (Povest Vremennykh let) is an important source for the history of early Rus'. This volume provides the text, including all of the known redactions of the Povest. It consists of an intercollation of the five oldest redactions, three modern redactions, three later interpolations and Donald Ostrowski's own final interpretation. The intercollated texts are nested line by line
The Tale of Moses the Hungarian
Au debut du XIII e siecle, dans le saint Monastere des Caves, le moine Polycarpe a ecrit un cycle de treize contes. L'A. s'interesse a celui qui s'intitule Le conte de Moise le Hongrois. Il en rapporte le contenu et en dit toute la posterite. Il s'agit de l'histoire d'un moine hongrois, Moise qui servit le prince Boris aux temps de son assassinat. L'A. propose une analyse litteraire de ce texte pour arriver a une interpretation univoque de sa sym…
The Hagiography of Kievan Rus
Byzantium and the Slavs
Medicine or Religion
Lances Sing
The Martyred Princes Boris and Gleb
The Paterik of the Kievan Caves Monastery
The Kievan Caves Monastery was for centuries the most important Ukrainian monastic establishment. It was the outstanding center of literary production, and its monks served throughout the territory of Rus' as bishops and monastic superiors. The most detailed source for the monastery early history is its Paterik, a thirteenth-century compilation containing stories reaching back to the monastery's foundation in the mideleventh century. Muriel Heppe…
A Comparative Analysis of Two Patericon Stories
Cross Kissing
In this study, Yulia Mikhailova and David Prestel suggest that the political culture of pre-Mongolian Rus' may be similar to that of post-Carolingian Europe, where public order still existed in the absence of a strong centralized authority. In Rus' as also in the west, there was an order of norms rather than of institutions. Drawing on sources such as theTestament of Vladimir Monomakhand theHomily of Princes, Mikhailova and Prestel maintain that …
A Comparative Analysis of Two Patericon Stories
The Martyred Princes Boris and Gleb
The Paterik of the Kievan Caves Monastery
The Kievan Caves Monastery was for centuries the most important Ukrainian monastic establishment. It was the outstanding center of literary production, and its monks served throughout the territory of Rus' as bishops and monastic superiors. The most detailed source for the monastery early history is its Paterik, a thirteenth-century compilation containing stories reaching back to the monastery's foundation in the mideleventh century. Muriel Heppe…
Medicine or Religion
Lances Sing
Byzantium and the Slavs
The Hagiography of Kievan Rus
The Tale of Moses the Hungarian
Au debut du XIII e siecle, dans le saint Monastere des Caves, le moine Polycarpe a ecrit un cycle de treize contes. L'A. s'interesse a celui qui s'intitule Le conte de Moise le Hongrois. Il en rapporte le contenu et en dit toute la posterite. Il s'agit de l'histoire d'un moine hongrois, Moise qui servit le prince Boris aux temps de son assassinat. L'A. propose une analyse litteraire de ce texte pour arriver a une interpretation univoque de sa sym…
The Povest' vremennykh let
Tale of Bygone Years (Povest Vremennykh let) is an important source for the history of early Rus'. This volume provides the text, including all of the known redactions of the Povest. It consists of an intercollation of the five oldest redactions, three modern redactions, three later interpolations and Donald Ostrowski's own final interpretation. The intercollated texts are nested line by line
The Kievan Caves Monastery
Speculum Slaviae Orientalis
Александр Б. Страхов. Ночь перед Рождеством
Cross Kissing
In this study, Yulia Mikhailova and David Prestel suggest that the political culture of pre-Mongolian Rus' may be similar to that of post-Carolingian Europe, where public order still existed in the absence of a strong centralized authority. In Rus' as also in the west, there was an order of norms rather than of institutions. Drawing on sources such as theTestament of Vladimir Monomakhand theHomily of Princes, Mikhailova and Prestel maintain that …
Greene, Robert H. Bodies like Bright Stars
Holy Folly
Although he does not in important respects fit the traditional paradigm of a Byzantine salos or later Russian iurodivyi, certain aspects of holy foolishness, or perhaps better holy folly, provide insight, in both their presence or absence, for interpreting the tale of the Kievan Caves Monastery monk, Prince Sviatoslav Davidovich (Sviatosha) of Chernigov. The tale is part of a collection of stories about early Caves monks, purported to be a corres…
Kievan Rus’ Theology
This essay addresses the long-standing and much-discussed question of the intellectual silence of Rus’ culture, which was first formally posed by Georges Florovsky in a 1962 forum published in the Slavic Review . Initially viewing the issue within the context of Donald Ostrowski ‘s recent book, Europe, Byzantium, and the “Intellectual Silence” of Rus’ Culture (2018), the study contends that in contrast to the practice of theology in Byzantium and…
History (12 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (9 works) · Ancient history (8 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Art (5 works) · History (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Cave (3 works)