Three Ways to Imitate Paul in Late Antiquity: Ekstasis, Ekphrasis, Epektasis

Robert Orsi’s argument that religion, more than a system of "meaning making," is a "network of relationships between heaven and earth" helps us understand what is at stake in imitation for early Christians. The question for Orsi is not, "What does it mean to imitate Paul?&qu...

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Autore principale: Motia, Michael (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Cambridge Univ. Press [2021]
In: Harvard theological review
Anno: 2021, Volume: 114, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 96-117
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Paulus, Apostel, Heiliger / Giovanni, Chrysostomus 344-407 / Mimesis / Epoca tardo-antica
Notazioni IxTheo:CB Esistenza cristiana
HC Nuovo Testamento
KAB Cristianesimo delle origini
KAD Alto Medioevo
Altre parole chiave:B Pseudo-dionysius
B Imitazione
B Gregory of Nyssa
B Mimesis
B John Chrysostom
B Rhetoric
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Riepilogo:Robert Orsi’s argument that religion, more than a system of "meaning making," is a "network of relationships between heaven and earth" helps us understand what is at stake in imitation for early Christians. The question for Orsi is not, "What does it mean to imitate Paul?" as much as it is, "In what kind of relationship is one engaged when one imitates Paul?" Christians argue over both what to imitate (Who is Paul?) and how to imitate (How should Christians relate to Paul in order to be like him or to render him present?). The what has received lots of scholarly attention; this paper focuses on the how. I compare the range of possibilities of how to imitate Paul by focusing on three influential accounts of mimesis: Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (ekstasis), John Chrysostom (ekphrasis), and Gregory of Nyssa (epektasis).
ISSN:1475-4517
Comprende:Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0017816021000079