Fonctions et valeurs des noms dans les écrits de Justin martyr
Justin is particularly sensitive to the relationship that exists between words and things, between beeings and their names. This preoccupation, which was already perceptible from the lexical viewpoint through the emphasis given to the vocabulary of the onomastics, is apparent in several other aspect...
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| Language: | French |
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Brepols
2001
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Apocrypha
Year: 2001, Volume: 11, Pages: 93-122 |
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| Summary: | Justin is particularly sensitive to the relationship that exists between words and things, between beeings and their names. This preoccupation, which was already perceptible from the lexical viewpoint through the emphasis given to the vocabulary of the onomastics, is apparent in several other aspects of his work: the choice of names, fictitious, no doubt, but rich in significance, borne by the principal actors of the Dialogue; frequent allusions to the primitive or etymological meaning of words used to designate cultural or liturgical realities; the hermeneutic use of phonetic or semantic analogies; the recurrent evocation of the formula for exorcism; an insistence on the relationship of filiation between members of a same national, intellectual and religious community and the one from whom they derive their name; the large number of references to change of names mentioned in the Scriptures; the focal place given to the Christological titles and to the considerations of the divine names. But Justin also presents us with a profound reflexion on the nature and the functions of this relationship: according to its origin (human or divine), its seniority, and its authenticity, it can be a factor of communion or division, the sign of a fatality or an instrument of redemption. In this perspective, the name born by the Christians and by Him from whom they draw their inspiration, naturally takes pride of place. This value attributed to the names seems to proceed from diverse influences (Platonic theories, rabbinical or Philonian methods of exegesis, etc.) which contribute to the originality of the work of the Apologist. |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.APOCRA.2.300748 |