Syriac and Antiochian Exegesis and Biblical Theology for the 3rd Millennium / / ed. by Robert D. Miller.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Beshara, Ronald N.,; Griffith, Sidney H.,; Harkins, Angela Kim,; Kitchen, Robert A.,; Mathews, Edward G.,; Miller, Robert D.,; Morrison, Craig E.,; O’Keefe, John J.,; Russell, Paul S.,; Ryan, Stephen D.,; Salim, Anthony J.,; Tarazi, Paul Nadim,
• HerausgeberIn: Miller, Robert D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

The observation that scholarly work on the Bible is of little use to theologians is the starting premise for this volume. As a possible solution to this impasse, the contributors explore the potential insights provided by a distinct tradition of biblical interpretation that has its roots in both the...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• The Bible in the Hands of Aphrahat the Persian Sage
• Syriac/Antiochene Exegesis in Saint Ephrem’s Teaching Songs De Paradiso: The ‘Types of Paradise’ in the ‘Treasury of Revelations’
• Slouching Towards Antioch: Biblical Exposition in the Syriac Book of Steps
• Chrysostom on Isaiah: A Paradigm for Hearing Scripture
• “What Manner of Man?”: Early Syriac Reflections on Adam
• What do Syriac/Antiochene Exegesis and Textual Criticism have to do with Theology?
• Psalm 22 in Syriac Tradition
• Catechetical, Liturgical, and Biblical Implications of the Ḥusoyo in Contemporary Maronite Tradition
• Rejecting one’s Masters: Theodoret of Cyrus, Antiochene exegesis, and the Patristic mainstream
• Response from Patristic Theology
• An Historical Critic’s Response
• A Pastoral Theologian’s Response