Gregory of Nyssa's Tabernacle Imagery in Its Jewish and Christian Contexts

AvAnn Conway-Jones

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Integrating patristics and early Jewish mysticism, this book examines Gregory of Nyssa's tabernacle imagery, as found in Life of Moses 2. 170-201. Previous scholarship has often focused on Gregory's interpretation of the darkness on Mount Sinai as divine incomprehensibility. However, true to Exodus, Gregory continues with Moses's vision of the tabernacle 'not made with hands' received within that darkness. This innovative methodology of heuristic comparison doesn't strive to prove influence, but to use heavenly ascent texts as a foil, in order to shed new light on Gregory's imagery. Ann Conway-Jones presents a well-rounded, nuanced understanding of Gregory's exegesis, in which mysticism, theology, and politics are intertwined. Heavenly ascent texts use descriptions of religious experience to claim authoritative knowledge. For Gregory, the high point of Moses's ascent into the darkness of Mount Sinai is the mystery of Christian doctrine. The heavenly tabernacle is a type of the heavenly Christ. This mystery is beyond intellectual comprehension, it can only be grasped by faith; and only the select few, destined for positions of responsibility, should even attempt to do so.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-09-25
Mått:162 x 241 x 28 mm
Vikt:622 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Early Christian Studies
Antal sidor:316
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198715399

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Judendom inom Filosofi och religion

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Ann Conway-Jones is an Accredited Lay Worker of the Church of England, who has worked in a parish and as a university chaplain. She has long been involved in Jewish-Christian relations, and is now joint Honorary Secretary of the Council of Christians and Jews. Dr Conway-Jones teaches theology in both academic and church settings; and has been appointed an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham.

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All in all this is a fascinating, and well written study, a deep and close exegetical work of fine attentiveness, that opens up fresh and lively prospects in the thought-world of Gregory of Nyssa. It is highly recommended and would make an excellent seminar text for discussion at Masters or Doctoral level.

Innehållsförteckning

Dedication ; Preface ; Abbreviations ; 1. Gregory, the Tabernacle, and Heavenly Ascent ; 2. Gregory of Nyssa and Life of Moses ; 3. Biblical Contexts ; 4. Alexandrian Context ; 5. Heavenly Ascent Context ; 6. Darkness ; 7. The Tabernacle Not Made with Hands ; 8. Christological Interpretation ; 9. Divine Names ; 10. Heavenly Powers ; 11. The Earthly Tabernacle ; 12. Heavenly and Earthly Worship ; 13. The Holy of Holies ; 14. The Priestly Vestments ; 15. The Value of Heuristic Comparison ; Conclusions ; Appendix: Translation of Life of Moses 1.46-56, 61; 2.162-201 ; Glossary ; Bibliography