Chrysostom as exegete : : scholarly traditions and rhetorical aims in the Homilies on Genesis / / by Samuel Pomeroy.
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...
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| Superior document: | Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; Volume 171 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ;
Volume 171. |
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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.