From Whose Womb Did the Ice Come Forth?: Augustine of Hippo, Gregory the Great, and Thomas Aquinas on Job 38$d29
Against the backdrop of current debates over womb-imagery for God, this article examines the writings of Augustine of Hippo, Gregory the Great, and Thomas Aquinas on Job 38:29 ('From whose womb did the ice come forth?'). In the works of these Fathers and Doctors of the Church, the 'wo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2018]
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Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2018, Volume: 83, Issue: 4, Pages: 291-309 |
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Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430
/ Gregor, I., Pope 542-604
/ Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
/ Bible. Ijob 38,29
/ Creation
/ Metaphor
/ Birth
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBD Doctrine of Creation |
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Interpretation of
B Mother B Womb B Scripture B Birth B God B Bible. Ijob 38 |
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| Summary: | Against the backdrop of current debates over womb-imagery for God, this article examines the writings of Augustine of Hippo, Gregory the Great, and Thomas Aquinas on Job 38:29 ('From whose womb did the ice come forth?'). In the works of these Fathers and Doctors of the Church, the 'womb' of Job 38:29 is a multivalent symbol that has been interpreted in a variety of ways-including as a reference to the 'womb of the Creator' that conceives and gives birth to creatures. These patristic and medieval texts highlight several characteristics of the maternal body, showing that metaphors of pregnancy and birth do not necessarily symbolize dependency, immanence, materiality, or an identity with one's child: the imagery of a pregnant and birthing God has not always been construed to imply a pantheistic identity between God and the material world, or a divine dependency upon creation. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0021140018795740 |