Между ереста и кабалата – адамитство и адамизъм в средновековна България
Between Heresy and Kabballah – Adamitism and Adamism in Medieval Bulgaria
Author(s): Hristo SaldzhievSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Social Sciences, History of Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy, Theology and Religion, Comparative Studies of Religion, Philosophy of Middle Ages, Philosophy of Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy, Other Christian Denominations, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: Adamitism; Adamism; Gnosticism
Summary/Abstract: The present article regards the history of an adamitian sect practicing “ritual nudism” and the specifics of peculiar cult of Adam in the 14th century Bulgaria. On the basis of comparative analysis of other cases of “adamitism” in North Africa and Western Europe in Late Antiquity and Middle Ages it is proposed the hypothesis that Bulgarian “adamitism” was due to the influence of gnostic gospel texts belonged to Early Christian communities. In respect to “adamism” which is specified as a cult of non-biblical and non-Christian Adam, the view that it stemmed from the Jewish community inhibiting the capital of the Second Bulgarian tsardom and reflected religious notions connected with the medieval mystical Judaism is introduced. Chronologically the spread of “adamism” must be attributed to the 1350-ies. Then, according to the contemporary sources, Judaic religious ideas were actively propagandized in the capital city of Tarnovo and its vicinity.
Journal: Философия
- Issue Year: 29/2020
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 266-276
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Bulgarian
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