Chrysostom as exegete: scholarly traditions and rhetorical aims in the Homilies on Genesis
"To what extent and to what purposes did John Chrysostom engage previous models of Biblical exegesis? In this systematic study of his Homilies on Genesis, new light is shed on the precision of his adaption of works by Basil, Origen, Eusebius of Emesa, and Eusebius of Caesarea, findings set agai...
| Published in: | Vigiliae Christianae |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2022]
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| In: |
Vigiliae Christianae (volume 171)
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| Series/Journal: | Vigiliae Christianae Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae
volume 171 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
John, Chrysostomus 344-407, Homiliae in Genesim
/ Genesis
/ Exegesis
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
John Chrysostom Saint (-407) Homilies on Genesis
B Bible. Genesis Sermons History and criticism B Bible Hermeneutics B John Chrysostom Saint (-407) B Thesis |
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| Summary: | "To what extent and to what purposes did John Chrysostom engage previous models of Biblical exegesis? In this systematic study of his Homilies on Genesis, new light is shed on the precision of his adaption of works by Basil, Origen, Eusebius of Emesa, and Eusebius of Caesarea, findings set against a wider 'web' of parallels with various other exegetes (e.g. Ephrem, Diodore, Didymus). The cumulative picture is a network of shared knowledge across geographical and ecclesial boundaries which served as creative cache for Chrysostom's discourses. With the metaphors of textual obscurity and word-depth, he prioritized name and word interpretations as a means of producing multiple layers of ethical evaluation"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004469222 |