Chrysostom as exegete : : scholarly traditions and rhetorical aims in the Homilies on Genesis / / by Samuel Pomeroy.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; Volume 171
• VerfasserIn: Pomeroy, Samuel,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; Volume 171.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (399 pages)

To what extent and to what purposes did John Chrysostom engage previous models of Biblical exegesis? In this systematic study of his Homilies on Genesis , new light is shed on the precision of his adaption of works by Basil, Origen, Eusebius of Emesa, and Eusebius of Caesarea, findings set against a wider 'web' of parallels with various other exegetes (e.g. Ephrem, Diodore, Didymus). The cumulative picture is a network of shared knowledge across geographical and ecclesial boundaries which served as creative cache for Chrysostom's discourses. With the metaphors of textual obscurity and word-depth, he prioritized name and word interpretations as a means of producing multiple layers of ethical evaluation.

Table of Contents

Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Preface -- ‎Acknowledgements -- ‎Abbreviations -- ‎Note on the Text of Chrysostom's Homilies on Genesis in the Patrologia Graeca -- ‎Part 1. Integrating Tradition and Rhetoric -- ‎Chapter 1. Introduction: Integrating Tradition and Rhetoric -- ‎1. Goals, Techniques, and Tools in Ancient Literary Scholarship -- ‎2. Developments in Patristic Exegetical Traditions -- ‎2.1. Canonical Cohesion -- ‎2.2. Antiochene and Alexandrian Reception of Greek Literary Criticism -- ‎2.3. Precision of Reference -- ‎2.4. Self-Awareness of Tradition -- ‎3. Questions-and-Answers and Genesis Exegesis -- ‎4. Chrysostom's Homilies on Genesis and Patristic Exegetical Traditions -- ‎Chapter 2. The Homilies on Genesis, Old Testament Interpretation, and the Rhetoric of Obscurity -- ‎1. The Homilies on Genesis in Recent Scholarship -- ‎2. Provenance and Pedagogy of the Homilies on Genesis -- ‎3. Commentary and Obscurity in Late Antiquity -- ‎4. The Rhetoric of Obscurity in Antiochene Works -- ‎5. The Rhetoric of Obscurity in the Homilies on Genesis -- ‎6. Case Study: Homily 37 on Genesis -- ‎6.1. Summary of Homily 37 -- ‎6.2. Between Obscurity and Opposition -- ‎7. Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 3. Questions and Answers in Tradition and Practice -- ‎1. Disputing Exegetical Questions in Other Christian Homilies -- ‎2. Posing Questions in the Homilies on Genesis -- ‎3. Variant Question Formulas -- ‎4. Providing Answers -- ‎5. Case Study: Homily 29 on Genesis -- ‎5.1. Summary of Homily 29 -- ‎5.2. Questions-and-Answers in Homily 29 -- ‎5.3. Zetetic Rhetoric and Scholarly Traditions -- ‎6. Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 4. Grammar and Linguistic Analysis in Rhetorical Context -- ‎1. Glossing -- ‎1.1. Glossing in Ancient Textual Commentary -- ‎1.2. Selections of Chrysostom's Glosses in the Homilies on Genesis -- ‎1.3. Glossing Formulations and Verbs.

‎1.4. Psychology, Nature, and Anthropomorphism -- ‎1.5. Summary -- ‎2. Habits of Scripture -- ‎2.1. Formulations and Rhetorical Contexts of 'Habit' -- ‎2.2. Grammatical Features -- ‎2.3. Literary Features -- ‎2.4. Summary -- ‎3. Onomastic Interpretation -- ‎3.1. Onomastic Interpretation and the Homilies on Genesis -- ‎3.2. Framing Onomastic Interpretations -- ‎3.3. Making Meaning with Onomastic and Exegetical Traditions -- ‎3.4. Case Study: Homily 20 on Genesis -- ‎4. Conclusion -- ‎Part 2. Engaging Exegetical Sources -- ‎Chapter 5. John Chrysostom among the Antiochenes -- ‎1. Variant Readings -- ‎2. Describing Natural Phenomena or Objects in the Bible -- ‎2.1. 'Placing' the Stars -- ‎2.2. The 'Spirit' of God -- ‎2.3. The Serpent as 'Prudent' -- ‎3. Narrative Coherence -- ‎3.1. Abram's Migration -- ‎3.2. The First Theophany -- ‎3.3. The Duration of Slavery in Egypt -- ‎3.4. Jacob's Deathbed -- ‎4. Departures from Eusebius and Diodore -- ‎4.1. The Odor of Noah's Sacrifice -- ‎4.2. Consecration of the Sabbath Day -- ‎4.3. Abraham's Hospitality -- ‎5. Disagreements with Eusebius or Diodore -- ‎5.1. The Prohibition in the Garden -- ‎5.2. Abram's Altar -- ‎5.3. Noah's Diet -- ‎6. Parallels to Ephrem -- ‎6.1. The Harp of the Soul -- ‎6.2. The Robe of Glory -- ‎6.3. Garments of Skin -- ‎6.4. Retribution and Slander -- ‎6.5. Images of Resurrection -- ‎7. Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 6. John Chrysostom and Basil of Caesarea -- ‎1. Letter 260 -- ‎2. Homily 1 on Fasting -- ‎2.1. Shared Conceptual Formulations -- ‎2.2. Shared Biblical Texts -- ‎2.3. Adapted Quotation -- ‎3. Homilies on the Six Day Creation -- ‎3.1. Instantaneous Creation -- ‎3.2. Evening and Morning -- ‎3.3. The Royal Plural -- ‎4. Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 7. John Chrysostom and Eusebius of Caesarea -- ‎1. Typology -- ‎1.1. Phares and Zara -- ‎1.2. The Blessing of Jacob -- ‎2. Theophanies.

‎2.1. Biblical Citation Framework -- ‎2.2. Divine Nature -- ‎2.3. Human Form -- ‎3. Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 8. John Chrysostom among the Alexandrians -- ‎1. Elucidations of Biblical Texts -- ‎1.1. Exegetical Intention and Technique -- ‎1.2. Shared Words and Formulations with Alexandrians -- ‎1.3. Non-Antiochene Ideas -- ‎1.4. Biblical Text and Spiritual Referents -- ‎2. Exegetical Discussion -- ‎2.1. Moral Propriety -- ‎2.2. Contradiction -- ‎2.3. Allegory -- ‎3. Anthropological and Philosophical Argumentation -- ‎3.1. Anthropological Argumentation -- ‎3.2. Philosophical Argumentation -- ‎4. Typology -- ‎4.1. The Rational Lamb (Aqedah) -- ‎4.2. Japheth and the Church -- ‎5. Testimonia Collections -- ‎5.1. Confirmations of Testimony Collections -- ‎5.2. Alexandrian and Antiochene Explanations -- ‎6. Conclusion -- ‎Conclusion -- ‎1. Asking Exegetical Questions to Defamiliarize -- ‎2. Selecting and Modifying Exegetical Traditions for 'Symphonia' -- ‎3. Creating Non-literal Readings from Traditions of Name-and Word-Depth Study -- ‎4. Antiochene Debates about Non-literal Interpretations -- ‎Appendix 1. Occurrences of Ζήτημα and Ἀπορία in the Homilies on Genesis -- ‎Appendix 2. Sample Biblical Noun Glosses According to 'Habit' in Late Antique Christian Authors -- ‎Manuscripts Mentioned -- ‎Bibliography -- ‎Index of Modern Authors -- ‎Index of Greek Words -- ‎Index of Subjects -- ‎Index of Biblical Citations -- ‎Index of Ancient Literature.