The Text of the Gospels in Gregory of Nazianzus / / Sally Guthrie.

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• VerfasserIn: Guthrie, Sally,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Texts and Studies (Third Series) ; 28
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

Quotations in early Christian writers provide important evidence for the text of the New Testament as well as the ways in which Scripture was used and received in the early Church. The fourth-century archbishop Gregory of Nazianzus was one of the most influential and widely-read authors of his time, but because the majority of his output was in poetic form he has rarely been treated as a source for the biblical text. The present study brings together all the identifiable references to the Gospels in Gregory’s writings for the first time, comparing them with standard biblical texts and manuscripts in order to determine their significance for the history and transmission of the New Testament. This collection also sheds new light on Gregory’s treatment of Scripture and the distinctive role it plays in his rhetorical style.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. GREGORY’S LIFE AND WORKS -- CHAPTER TWO. GREGORY’S USE OF SCRIPTURE -- CHAPTER THREE. IDENTIFYING GOSPEL CITATION AND ALLUSION IN GREGORY -- CHAPTER FOUR. THE TEXT OF MATTHEW’S GOSPEL IN THE WORKS OF GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS -- CHAPTER FIVE. THE TEXT OF MARK’S GOSPEL IN THE WORKS OF GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS -- CHAPTER SIX. THE TEXT OF LUKE’S GOSPEL IN THE WORKS OF GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS -- CHAPTER SEVEN. THE TEXT OF JOHN’S GOSPEL IN THE WORKS OF GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS -- CHAPTER EIGHT. GOSPEL QUOTATIONS OF INDETERMINATE SOURCE -- CHAPTER NINE. GREGORY’S CONTRIBUTION TO UNDERSTANDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GOSPEL TEXT -- APPENDIX -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS