Verleiblichung und Synergie

Grundzüge der Bibelhermeneutik bei Maximus Confessor
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-90-04-12669-5
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Deutsch, Band 63, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 840 g

Reihe: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kattan, Assaad

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Assaad E. Kattan, Th.D. (2001) in Theology, University of Marburg, is Assistant Professor at the Institute of History, Archeology and Near Eastern Heritage at the University of Balamand (UOB) in Lebanon. He published various articles in Church History, Ecumenism and Text Analysis.