The reception and interpretation of the Bible in late antiquity : : proceedings of the Montréal colloquium in honour of Charles Kannengiesser, 11-13 October 2006 / / edited by Lorenzo DiTommaso and Lucian Turcescu.

• TeilnehmendeR: DiTommaso, Lorenzo.; Kannengiesser, Charles.; Turcescu, Lucian.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: The Bible in Ancient Christianity 6.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (638 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The volume is a Festschrift offered to Charles Kannengiesser on the occasion of his 80th birthday and honours him for his numerous scholarly accomplishments. Its twenty-five contributions discuss some of the major issues pertaining to the reception and interpretation of the Bible in late antique Christianity and Judaism. They focus on the ways in which communities and individuals understood the Bible and interpreted its traditions to address their historical, social, and theological requirements. Since the Bible was by far the most important book during these centuries, a discussion of its influence in such contexts will illuminate significant aspects of the formation of western civilisation.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / L. Ditommaso and L. Turcescu -- The Novelty And Inescapability Of The Bible In Late Antiquity / Robert Louis Wilken -- « Car Mes Iniquités Dépassèrent Ma Tête »: Les Fonctions Du Texte Biblique Dans La Section Katanyktique Du Logos Asketikos De Maxime Le Confesseur / Pablo Argárate -- What Makes Exegesis Either Christian Or Jewish? / Herbert W. Basser -- Augustine And The Ethics Of Reading The Bible / Pamela Bright -- Appeals To Jesus As The One ‘Who Heals Every Illness And Every Infirmity’ (Matt 4:23, 9:35) In Amulets In Late Antiquity / Theodore De Bruyn -- Le Commentaire Au 4e Siècle Ou, Pour Reformuler Le Dicton, Ancienneté A-T-Elle Toujours Autorité? / Marie-Pierre Bussières -- Completing The Gospel: The Infancy Gospel Of Thomas As A Supplement To The Gospel Of Luke / Tony Chartrand-Burke -- Good Tree, Bad Tree: The Matthean/Lukan Paradigm In Manichaeism And Its Opponents / J. Kevin Coyle -- Biblical Form, Function, And Genre In The Post-Biblical Historical Apocalyptica / Lorenzo Ditommaso -- The Reception And Interpretation Of Paul In Late Antiquity: 1 Corinthians 7 And The Ascetic Debates / David G. Hunter -- The Eternal Gospel: Origen’s Eschatological Exegesis / Shawn W.J. Keough -- Making The Imperfect Perfect: The Adaptation Of Hebrews 11 In The 9Th Mēmrā Of The Syriac Book Of Steps / Robert A. Kitchen -- Les Homélies Sur L’Évangile De Luc De Titus De Bostra / Jean-Michel Lavoie , Paul-Hubert Poirier and Thomas S Schmidt -- Hearing Love’s Language: The Letter Of The Text In Origen’s Commentary On The Song Of Songs / Richard A. Layton -- The Early Rabbinic Refashioning Of Biblical Heilsgeschichte, The Fashioning Of The Rabbinic Canon Of Scriptures, And The Formation Of The Early Rabbinic Movement / Jack N. Lightstone -- ‘τὰ Τίνων Ἄρα Ρήματα Θεολογεȋ?’: The Exegetical Relationship Betweenathanasius Orationes Contra Arianos I Iii And Marcellus Of Ancyra S Contra Asterium / Sara Parvis -- Présupposés Herméneutiques De La Lecture De La Bible Juive Chez Les Gnostiques. Étude De Quelques Procédés Exégétiques Dans Un Traité De Nag Hammadi (Nh 2, 4) / Anne Pasquier -- Scripture For A Life Of Perfection. The Bible In Late Antique Monasticism: The Case Of Palestine / Lorenzo Perrone -- Separating Light From Darkness: Manichaean Use Of Biblical Traditions In The Kephalaia / Timothy Pettipiece -- The Reception Of Early Christian Texts And Traditions In Late Antiquity Apocryphal Literature / Pierluigi Piovanelli -- Methods Of Early Rabbinic Biblical Exegesis / Gary G. Porton -- Pseudepigraphy, Authorship, And The Reception Of ‘The Bible’ In Late Antiquity / Annette Yoshiko Reed -- Between Scripture And Tradition: The Marian Apocrypha Of Early Christianity / Stephen J. Shoemaker -- Gregory Of Nyssa’s Biblical Hermeneutics In De Opificio Hominis / Lucian Turcescu -- Scripture As A Legacy Of The Fathers / Charles Kannengiesser -- Bibliography Of The Works Of Charles Kannengiesser / L. Ditommaso and L. Turcescu -- Index Of Ancient Sources / L. Ditommaso and L. Turcescu -- Index Of Modern Authors / L. Ditommaso and L. Turcescu.