Re-envisioning Theodore: Theodore of Mopsuestia's Biblical Exegesis in his Catechetical Homilies

Sofia Puchkova (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

292 Seiten

2024
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-70373-5 (ISBN)

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This book is the first comprehensive study of Theodore of Mopsuestia's biblical interpretation in his Catechetical Homilies. It challenges the common yet reductionist view of Theodore’s exegetical approach as “historical” and reveals his exegetical ties with Pro-Nicenes and Syrian sources.

Re-envisioning Theodore is the first comprehensive study of Theodore of Mopsuestia's biblical interpretation in his Catechetical Homilies. It challenges the common yet reductionist view of Theodore’s exegetical approach as “historical,” offering a balanced portrayal of this exegete. Theodore is not a slave of his interpretative methodology, and he may omit the exposition of the historical setting of the Bible and introduce elements not present in the biblical narrative.Re-envisioning Theodore also reveals Theodore’s previously little known exegetical ties with Pro-Nicenes and, through them, with Origen. For the first time, this book shows that his exegesis incorporates Greco-Syrian liturgical imagery.

Sofia Puchkova, Ph.D. (2022), KU Leuven, is a visiting researcher at Durham University. She published numerous articles on Theodore of Mopsuestia, including an entry on this author in Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (2024) and translations of his Homilies into Russian.

Preface

Abbreviations

Note on Translations, Biblical Quotations and References

Introduction

1 The State of Research

2 Methodology and the Plan of the Study

1 Theodore of Mopsuestia and His Works

1 Theodore’s Life and Writing Activity

2 Theodore’s NT Commentaries: Provenance, Genre and Readership

3 Theodore’s Catechetical Homilies

2 Theodore’s Homilies and the Bible

1 How Does Theodore Introduce the Biblical Quotation and Its Exegesis?

2 How Does Theodore Quote the Biblical Text?

3 Why Does He Use the Biblical Quotations?

4 Conclusion: Theodore’s Use of the Bible

3 Theodore’s Exegetical Procedure: The Homilies vs Commentaries

1 Selective vs. Comprehensive and Analytical Approach to the Biblical Text

2 Doctrines vs. Setting

3 “Ignorant Interlocutors”

4 Use of Stylistic Figures

5 Conclusion and Assessments: Overcoming A Genre Bias

4 Theodore’s Exegesis and The Broader Tradition

1 Pro-Nicene Biblical Proofs

2 Greco-Syrian Liturgical Metaphors

3 Baptism as Death and Resurrection: Rom 6:3–6 in Vogue

4 Theodore’s Exegetical Ties with Chrysostom

5 Theodore and Origen

6 Conclusion: Theodore, Pro-Nicenes and Liturgy in Antioch

General Conclusion

Supporting Material: Catalog of Theodore’s Exegesis in the Homilies

Appendix1: A Referential Table to Theodore’s Exegesis According to the Type of Quotation

Appendix2: A Comparative Referential Table of Theodore’s Biblical Exegesis in the Catechetical Homilies and His Other Works

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	30.08.2024
Reihe/Serie	Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements ; 185
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	640 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	90-04-70373-X / 900470373X
ISBN-13	978-90-04-70373-5 / 9789004703735
Zustand	Neuware