The Recovery of the Nazirite in Carolingian Discourse
Carolingian exegetes Hrabanus Maurus and Paschasius Radbertus encountered a paradox in the sources available to them regarding the prophecy of Dan and its representative Samson, the archetypal Nazirite, “Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse’s heels that his rid...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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| In: |
Journal of the bible and its reception
Year: 2021, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-78 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hrabanus, Maurus 780-856
/ Paschasius Radbertus 785-865
/ Samson Biblical character
/ Nazirite
/ Reception
/ Frankish Empire
/ History 687-840
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages |
| Further subjects: | B
Paschasius Radbertus
B Hrabanus Maurus B Carolingian period B Nazirite B Samson |
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| Summary: | Carolingian exegetes Hrabanus Maurus and Paschasius Radbertus encountered a paradox in the sources available to them regarding the prophecy of Dan and its representative Samson, the archetypal Nazirite, “Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse’s heels that his rider may fall backward. I will look for thy salvation, O Lord” (Gen 49:17-8). While in some sources, the blessing given to Dan in Genesis 49:17 is interpreted as foreshadowing Christ, in others it is seen as reflecting the Antichrist. In this article, I explore how these Carolingian exegetes rose to the challenge of this conflict, by the examining the sources for both approaches available to them. I argue that both exegetes engaged with the sources in a manner that bypassed the paradox, each choosing a different way to do so. |
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| ISSN: | 2329-4434 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of the bible and its reception
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jbr-2020-0003 |
