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Letters are often treated as a secondary literary genre, serving only to convey information and maintain relationships between people. But Christianity, which has been called the religion of the book, can also be described as the religion of the letter.
Marcin Wysocki
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Contribution of the Fathers of the Church to exegesis is one of their greatest gifts to Christianity. Without a doubt, their works reflecting on the Scriptures not only include issues relevant to the development of theology but also, have a great impact
Stanisław Pamuła
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Integral Communication with Listeners in Origen’s Four Homilies on Psalm 76(77)
A recently discovered collection of 29 Origen’s homilies on the Psalms was published in 2015. Origen delivered them in the last years of his life. We find there speculations on the borderline between philosophy and theology, which Origen never abandoned.
Leon Nieścior
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For the Church Fathers the Scriptures constituted more than just Words and they strived to go beyond literal understanding of the text. Therefore, the purpose of this article, which is the second one of a two-part study, is to give a brief explanation ...
Stanisław Pamuła
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Lope’s treatment of nature in his sacramental plays is a good example of the use of allegorical techniques to convert a real space into a fictitious one, where predominate the idealized landscape of the pastoral world and the popular side of the ...
Juan Manuel Escudero Baztán
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Hrabanus Maurus’ Post-Patristic Renovation of 1 Maccabees 1:1–8
In this article, I examine Hrabanus Maurus’ exegesis of the opening verses of 1 Maccabees, which preserves a concise account of Alexander the Great’s career.
Djurslev Christian Thrue
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This paper comprises two aspects; In the first part the unique character of the miracle of the resurrection of Lazarus is outlined, especially from the perspective of patristic exegesis.
J. H. Barkhuizen
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The article offers a complete overview of the Greek and Latin patristic exegesis of Mt 8,11 and Lk 13,28-29 with special focus on the exegetical commentaries of St. Augustine.
Leon Nieścior
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Theodoret of Cyrus and His Exegetical Predecessors: A Study of His Biblical Commentary Prefaces
In this article, I examine the biblical commentary prefaces of Theodoret of Cyrus (d. 458), particularly the exegete’s presentation of his self-image in relation to his predecessors in the Greek exegetical tradition.
De Cock Miriam
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Two earthquakes or one? The association of literary motifs in the exegesis of Matthew 27:51-54 & 28:2-4 By means of a detailed analysis of the association of literary themes, the development of a motif of Matthew 27:51 and 28:2 is traced through diverse
G. J. Swart
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