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Interpreting the Gospel of John in Antioch and Alexandria
SBL Press, 2020 eISBN: 978-0-88414-448-9 | Paper: 978-1-62837-278-6 | Cloth: 978-0-88414-447-2 Library of Congress Classification BS2615.52.D45 2020 Dewey Decimal Classification 226.506
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
A nuanced study of early Christian exegesis Miriam DeCock analyzes four important early Christian treatments of the Gospel of John, including commentaries by Origen and Cyril from the Alexandrian tradition and the homilies of John Chrysostom and the commentary of Theodore of Mopsuestia, which represent Antiochian traditions. DeCock maintains that the traditional distinction between nonliteral and literal interpretations in these two early Christian centers remains helpful despite recent challenges to the paradigm. She argues that a major and abiding distinction between the two schools lies in the manner in which Alexandrian and Antiochian authors apply the gospel text to their respective communities. DeCock demonstrates that the Antiochenes find primarily literal moral examples and doctrinal teachings in John's Gospel, whereas the Alexandrians find both these and nonliteral teachings concerning the immediate situation of the church and of its individual members. Features
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Interpreting the Gospel of John in Antioch and Alexandria
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
SBL Press, 2020
eISBN: 978-0-88414-448-9
Paper: 978-1-62837-278-6
Cloth: 978-0-88414-447-2
eISBN: 978-0-88414-448-9
Paper: 978-1-62837-278-6
Cloth: 978-0-88414-447-2
A nuanced study of early Christian exegesis
Miriam DeCock analyzes four important early Christian treatments of the Gospel of John, including commentaries by Origen and Cyril from the Alexandrian tradition and the homilies of John Chrysostom and the commentary of Theodore of Mopsuestia, which represent Antiochian traditions. DeCock maintains that the traditional distinction between nonliteral and literal interpretations in these two early Christian centers remains helpful despite recent challenges to the paradigm. She argues that a major and abiding distinction between the two schools lies in the manner in which Alexandrian and Antiochian authors apply the gospel text to their respective communities. DeCock demonstrates that the Antiochenes find primarily literal moral examples and doctrinal teachings in John's Gospel, whereas the Alexandrians find both these and nonliteral teachings concerning the immediate situation of the church and of its individual members.
Features
- An examination of each author's interpretations of a selection of texts
- Focused explorations of John 2; 4; and 9-11 in early Christian exegesis
- A study of early literal non-literal interpretations of John's Gospel
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
