The tale of the prophet Isaiah : : the destiny and meanings of an apocryphal text / / by Ivan Biliarsky.

• Superior document: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, volume 23
• Author: Bili͡arski, Ivan, 1959-
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; v. 23.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Notes: "This book is a translation of ... Skazanie na Isaiah proroka i formiraneto na politicheskata ideologija na rannosrednovekovna Bulgaria (=Tale of the prophet Isaiah and the formation of the political ideology of early medieval Bulgaria) ... published in 2011 in Sofia"--Preface.
• Other title: Skazanie na Isai︠a︡ Proroka i formiraneto na politicheskata ideologii︠a︡ na rannosrednovekovna Bŭlgarii︠a︡ .
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004254382
• ISSN: 1872-8103
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Ivan Biliarsky.

In The Tale of the Prophet Isaiah. The Destiny and Meanings of an Apocryphal Text Ivan Biliarsky proposes an edition of the original text of the medieval apocryphon, together with images of the single manuscript copy. The author also includes a large commentary on the otherwise quite unclear narrative concerning its origins, its development, a prosopography of the mentioned persons, an interpretation of its meaning and of the stages of its continuous creation. This completely new approach profoundly revises the source with a strong focus on its biblical roots. Ivan Biliarsky abandons the “national” understanding of the apocryphon and introduces evidence about its significance for the enforcement of the Byzantine-Slavic/Bulgarian Commonwealth and solidarity.