Verleiblichung und synergie : : Grundzüge der Bibelhermeneutik bei Maximus Confessor / / von Assaad Elias Kattan.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, Volume 63
• VerfasserIn: Kattan, Assaad Elias,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2003.; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: German
• Series: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; Volume 63.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 pages).
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Other title: Preliminary material /; DIE LOGOSLEHRE DES MAXIMUS CONFESSOR /; DER MYSTISCHE AUFSTIEG BEI MAXIMUS CONFESSOR /; DIE MAXIMINISCHE BIBELHERMENEUTIK /; ZUSAMMENFASSUNG UND AUSWERTUNG DER ERGEBNISSE /; LITERATURVERZEICHNIS /; BIBELREGISTER /; SACHREGISTER /; NAMENREGISTER /; SUPPLEMENTS TO VIGILIAE CHRISTIANAE /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9004313281
• ISSN: 0920-623X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: von Assaad Elias Kattan.

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.