Moses's Damascus Road Theophany: Rewriting Scripture in Gregory of Nyssa's Life of Moses

As Gregory of Nyssa retells Moses's encounter with God in the burning bush in V. Mos. Book 1, he adds many elements absent from the biblical text. Many of these additions have correspondences to Paul's Damascus Road theophany in Acts 9.1-19, 22.6-16, and 26.12-23. By comparing the text of...

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Main Author: Zaleski, Richard A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press [2018]
In: Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 249-274
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gregorius, Nyssenus 335-394, De vita Moysis / Exodus / Bekehrung des Saulus / Theophany / Allegoric exegesis
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBC Doctrine of God
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