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Sicut oves in medio luporum

Sicut oves in medio luporum

Bojana Radovanovic (ORCID: 0000-0001-9622-5236)
  • Grant DOI 10.55776/J4431
  • Funding program Erwin Schrödinger
  • Status ended
  • Start September 3, 2020
  • End September 2, 2023
  • Funding amount € 159,540

Disciplines

History, Archaeology (30%); Philosophy, Ethics, Religion (20%); Linguistics and Literature (50%)

Keywords

    Medieval dualist dissent, Language, Bogomils, Cathars

Abstract Final report

Das vorgestellte Projekt beschĂ€ftigt sich mit mittelalterlichen Randgruppen (11.13. Jh.), vor allem mit den so genannten Bogomilen und Katharer.AusgewĂ€hlte griechische, lateinischeund altkirchenslawische Texte (die von ihnen, aber auch die von ihren Gegnern geschrieben wurden) sollen erstmals genau miteinander verglichen werden. Ziel ist eine Neubewertung des religiösen Dissens auf der Grundlage dieser Analyse. In dem Projekt wird anhand der erhaltenen Texte versucht zu zeigen, wie sich die HĂ€resien im Osten und im Westen entwickelt haben, und dabei Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede herauszuarbeiten. Weiters soll generell ein Beitrag zur Forschung an den so genannten Bogomilen und Katharern auf eine neue Ebene geleistet werden. Das gesamte Projekt wird als vergleichende Studie aufgebaut werden. Dadurchsollen neue Impulse fĂŒr das Forschungsfeld gesetztwerden, zumaldiese ForschungsgegenstĂ€nde bisher in der Literatur nicht systematisch verglichen worden sind. Das Projekt ist interdisziplinĂ€r ausgerichtet, weshalb der Vergleich auf den Ebenen der Sprachforschung, der historischen und theologischen Forschung gleichermaßen erfolgen wird. Die zentrale Forschungsfrage lautet: Welche BerĂŒhrungspunkte und Parallelen gibt es in der Sprache der HĂ€resien? Es sollen also ZusammenhĂ€nge von Denkmustern, diskursive Techniken und Strategien zwischen ausgewĂ€hlten programmatischen Texten der verschiedenen hĂ€retischen Gruppen aufgezeigt werden. Auf dieser Grundlage soll ein literarisches Modell der religiösen Meinungsverschiedenheiten entwickelt werden. Allgemein angewandte hĂ€retische ErzĂ€hlmuster sollen identifiziert werden. Gesucht wird nach rhetorischen und literarischen Kunstgriffen und Mitteln, ebenso wie Sprachpartikeln und Wahrnehmungsformen. Es ist wichtig, die textuellen Modelle in literarisch-historischer Perspektive zu erforschen, und zu versuchen, zu verstehen, woher diese Muster kommen, und wie sie sich entwickelt haben. Das kann durch die Erforschung der Aneignung und Auslegung der biblischen und außer-biblischen Texte, welche Bogomilen und Katharer anwandten, sowie der spezifischen Wege, in denen sie diese Texte benutzten, erreicht werden. Das aber ohne die untersuchten Ideen, Konzepte und Gruppen aus ihrem historischen Kontext herauszulösen. Gesucht wird auch nach Mediatoren (also Personen, Ideen, Texten, RĂ€umen), intra-kulturellen Kontakten, Kontaktzonen, Ideentransfer, außerdem nach KontinuitĂ€ten und VerĂ€nderungen. Die zwei ersten Jahre des Projekts werden auf der Radboud UniversitĂ€t in Nijmegen in Kooperation mit Prof. Daniela MĂŒller durchgefĂŒhrt. Im dritten Jahr des Projekts ist eine internationale Konferenz am Institut fĂŒr Mittelalterforschung in Wien geplant. Sie soll eine Plattform schaffen um den beteiligten Forschern, die aus verschiedenen LĂ€ndern und Wissenschaftskulturen stammen, einen Ort des Austausches zu bieten und ihnen die Möglichkeit zu geben, gemeinsam ihr und unser aller Wissen zu erweitern.

Bogomils - medieval Eclectics? Towards a new interpretation of Bogomilism My research aims were to undertake a panoramic view of the Bogomil heresy, and to attempt a reconstruction of the less-pronounced, less-detectable, and less-explored threads knitted in the tissue of the Bogomil doctrine, which was done through positioning the Bogomils at the intersection of the apostolic tradition, Gnostic-leaning, extra-canonical, monastic (mystical) tradition, but also of the pagan substratum and of popular religiosity. Moreover, undertaking a quest for the less translucent non-canonical elements in the Bogomil exegesis significantly leads to uncovering some deeper textual and conceptual layers and strands, which found their place in the Bogomil worldview, doctrine, and also perhaps even in the relevant social and historical settings. The main method I employed is the identification and reconstruction of specific elements, narratives, motifs, and textual strands within the Bogomil teachings; then, the detection from where the Bogomils incorporated them into their system (that is, the identification of their possible provenance), specifically opening the questions when, how and why these particular filaments were transmitted and along what routes. The image of the Bogomil beliefs, which emerges, is by no means a homogenous one. On the contrary, it should be better placed at the crossroads between apostolic Christianity, extra-canonical and Gnostic-leaning trends, mystical theology, and even inspired by elements laden with some flavor of magic and paganism, most likely emanating from the Zeitgeist of the 14th century Byzantium, and mostly related to the wider religious phenomena ascribable to lay religiosity. At some point in the Middle Ages, the Bogomils have discovered appealing some features characteristic of lay religious practice and may have actively appropriated them into their cultic landscape. This might be one explanation as to why the Bogomils effectively disappeared from the sources. The new avenue of research on the Bogomils focuses upon the interrelation between lay religiosity and heresy, as well as upon the manner in which these popular beliefs poured into Bogomilism. The reconstruction of the filaments of Bogomils' extra-canonical traditions, effectuated by tracing the threads of their belief system, will eventually result in a new interpretation of the Bogomils' exegesis, ritual practice and mythology, positioned within the contexts of the multiple intellectual traditions and literate sources on which they drew.

Research institution(s)
  • Radboud University Nijmegen - 100%
  • Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften - 100%

Research Output

  • 1 Citations
  • 12 Publications
Publications
  • 2023
    Title "The Bogomils, Epiphany water, inverted behavior and a 'distorted apostolic tradition'"
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author B. Radovanović
    Conference The Tenth International Symposium Days of Justinian I, Skopje
    Pages 111-119
  • 2023
    Title Review of Carl Dixon, Heresy, Persecution and Warfare on the Byzantine Frontier, c.750-880. The Medieval Mediterranean 132. Leiden: Brill, 2022
    Type Journal Article
    Author B. Radovanović
    Journal Al-Masāq (Taylor&Francis)
  • 2023
    Title "Nubia i meretrix: od starozavetne idolopokloničke nevernice do ranohriơćanske i srednjevekovne jeretičke meretrix, naspram jedne pravoverne Nubia-e: alegorizacija krivoverja i pokuơaj rekonstrukcije" [Nubia and meretrix: from the idol-worshipping adulterous Old Testament wife to the Early Christian and medieval heretical meretrix, as opposed to the one and only Nubia: the allegorization of erroneous faith and an attempt of reconstruction] "
    Type Journal Article
    Author B. Radovanović
    Journal Lucida Intervalla
    Pages 127-139
  • 2021
    Title Spreading the Word: Oral Transmission of the Bogomil Teachings, its Symbolism, and Biblical Exegesis
    DOI 10.18778/2084-140x.11.19
    Type Journal Article
    Author Radovanovic B
    Journal Studia Ceranea. Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Med
    Pages 387-403
    Link Publication
  • 2022
    Title Female Imagery in Bogomil Myth, Exegesis and Social Reality: An Overview
    DOI 10.1080/13617427.2022.2066428
    Type Journal Article
    Author Radovanovic B
    Journal Slavonica
    Pages 1-25
    Link Publication
  • 2022
    Title Rediscovering the Marys: Maria, Mariamne, Miriam, eds. Mary Ann Beavis and Ally Kateusz, London-New York: T&T Clark, 2020
    Type Journal Article
    Author B. Radovanović
    Journal S/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies
    Pages 230-235
  • 2022
    Title The Blog Entry
    Type Other
    Author B. Radovanović
    Conference "The Bogomils, Zeitgeist, Lay Religiosity, Gnostic-Leaning and Extra-Canonical Elements", at the Institut fĂŒr Mittelalterforschung, Vienna: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/imafo/read/the-bogomils-zeitgeist-lay-religiosity-gnostic-leaning-and-extra-canonical-elements
    Link Publication
  • 2022
    Title "Bogomilism" - interview
    Type Other
    Author B. Radovanović
    Conference with Samuel Zenner, https://justnowhere.weebly.com/, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90oSwftXz8A.
    Link Publication
  • 2022
    Title Podcast "Bogomilism"
    Type Other
    Author B. Radovanović
    Conference https://shwep.net/oddcast/bojana-radovanovic-on-the-bogomils/ ("The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast")
    Link Publication
  • 2022
    Title "Beyond Christian ideology: sketching the typology of the Bogomil beliefs at the fringes of heresy"
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author B. Radovanović
    Conference The Ninth International Symposium Days of Justinian I
    Pages 122-131
  • 2021
    Title "From 'coats of skin' to the 'robe of glory': on the (ascent/descent) journey of allegory in the Visio Isaiae and Interrogatio Iohannis and beyond"
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author B. Radovanović
    Conference The Eighth International Symposim Days of Justinian I
    Pages 155-165
  • 2020
    Title "The 'language of heresy' in Bogomil- and Cathar-related texts"
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author B. Radovanović
    Conference The Seventh International Symposium Days of Justinian I
    Pages 242-255

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