From Moses to the Daughters of Zelophehad

Patristic Reception of Biblical Characters and Texts
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-525-50210-5
Verlag: Vandenhoeck + Ruprecht

Buch, Englisch, Band Band 004, 210 Seiten, gebunden, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 469 g

Reihe: Antike Schriftauslegung/Ancient Scriptural Interp

This volume explores the patristic treatment of biblical characters and character. Patristic authors interpret the Bible and use it in the development of their theology and in debates on theological, Christological and ecclesiological issues.

The individual contributions deal with the view of the Church Fathers on the person of Moses, with Maximus Confessor’s depiction of King Hezekiah, with the interpretation of the texts on the daughters of Zelophehad, with the theological interpretation of the story of Elijah on Mount Horeb, with the spiritual interpretation of the Psalms in Jerome’s letters, the significance of the Psalms for the Christological argumentation in Cassiodorus, the interpretation of the Book of Job in various commentaries, the Christological interpretation of the Twelve Prophets and the understanding of the nation angels in John Chrysostom. The volume concludes with a summarising response.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elliott, Mark

Siquans, Agnethe

Weitere Mitwirkende

Meiser, Martin

Collinet, Benedikt

Graves, Michael

Häner, Tobias

Pomeroy, Samuel

Knecht, Jasper

Heil, Uta

Dyma, Oliver

Karmann [†], Thomas R.

Weidemann, Hans-Ulrich

Siquans, Agnethe

Plietzsch, Susanne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Siquans, Agnethe
Agnethe Siquans is Professor for Old Testament Studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Vienna.

Agnethe Siquans studied catholic theology, religious education and Jewish studies. Her doctoral thesis was an analysis of the Quaestiones in Deuteronomium by Theodoret of Cyrus. Her habilitation thesis dealt with “Female prophets of the Old Testament in patristic reception”.



Her main research fields are intertextual exegesis of the Old Testament, feminist and gender studies of the Bible and early Christian texts, the reception of the Bible in patristic writings, church fathers and rabbinic midrash and Jewish-Christians relations in Antiquity. 2016?2019 she led a project on “Exodus 1?2 in patristic and rabbinic interpretation”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund. She works on commentaries on Psalms 101?119 and on the Book of Daniel and is co-editor of the series “Ancient Scriptural Interpretation” and “Vetus Testamentum Patristicum”.

Plietzsch, Susanne
Susanne Plietzsch ist Leiterin des Zentrums für Jüdische Kulturgeschichte an der Universität Salzburg.

Weidemann, Hans-Ulrich
Hans-Ulrich Weidemann ist Professor für Neues Testament am Seminar für Katholische Theologie der Universität Siegen.

Siquans, Agnethe
Agnethe Siquans is Professor for Old Testament Studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Vienna.

Agnethe Siquans studied catholic theology, religious education and Jewish studies. Her doctoral thesis was an analysis of the Quaestiones in Deuteronomium by Theodoret of Cyrus. Her habilitation thesis dealt with “Female prophets of the Old Testament in patristic reception”.



Her main research fields are intertextual exegesis of the Old Testament, feminist and gender studies of the Bible and early Christian texts, the reception of the Bible in patristic writings, church fathers and rabbinic midrash and Jewish-Christians relations in Antiquity. 2016?2019 she led a project on “Exodus 1?2 in patristic and rabbinic interpretation”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund. She works on commentaries on Psalms 101?119 and on the Book of Daniel and is co-editor of the series “Ancient Scriptural Interpretation” and “Vetus Testamentum Patristicum”.

Meiser, Martin
Dr. theol. Martin Meiser ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Fakultät für Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften an der Universität des Saarlandes und apl. Professor für Neues Testament an der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Karmann [†], Thomas R.
Thomas R. Karmann war Professor für Kirchengeschichte und Patrologie am Lehrstuhl für Kirchengeschichte des Altertums, christliche Archäologie und Patrologie der Universität Würzburg.