Verleiblichung und Synergie : Grundzüge der Bibelhermeneutik bei Maximus Confessor /

This volume examines the biblical hermeneutics of Maximus the Confessor (579/580-662). Although some aspects of the Confessor's hermeneutical approach had already been tackled, a comprehensive analysis was still missing. Accordingly, this book fills a gap in Patristic studies. The study consist...

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Main Author: Kattan, Assaad Elias.

Format: eBook

Language: German

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Series: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements 63.
Vigiliae Christianae Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004308961.

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Call Number: BS500 .K38 2003

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Summary:This volume examines the biblical hermeneutics of Maximus the Confessor (579/580-662). Although some aspects of the Confessor's hermeneutical approach had already been tackled, a comprehensive analysis was still missing. Accordingly, this book fills a gap in Patristic studies. The study consists of three chapters. The first one deals with the logoi theory of Maximus being the ontological nucleus around which his whole theological thinking is organized. The second chapter examines Maximus' understanding of mystical ascension. Equipped with the \'ontological\' and \'mystical\' foundation, the third chapter analyzes thoroughly the hermeneutics of Maximus as such, attempting to show its coherence and rootedness in the general christological perspective of the Confessor. This book will be of benefit not only for byzantinists and patrologists, but also for biblical scholars interested in the history of hermeneutics and exegesis as well as for historians of philosophy and medieval ideas.
Physical Description:1 online resource (lxv, 323 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-315) and indexes.
ISBN:9789004313286
ISSN:0920-623X ;
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