Jewish roots of Eastern Christian mysticism : studies in honor of Alexander Golitzin / Andrei A. Orlov.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Golitzin, Alexander, honouree.

Orlov, Andrei A., 1960- editor.

Series:

Vigiliae Christianae, supplements ; volume160.

Vigiliae Christianae, supplements, 0920-623X ; volume160

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Mysticism--Orthodox Eastern Church.

Mysticism.

Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.

Mysticism--Judaism.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xx, 387 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020.

Summary:

"The essays collected in Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism intend to honor Alexander Golitzin, a scholar known for his keen attention to the Jewish matrix of Eastern Orthodox spirituality. Following Golitzin's insights, this Festschrift explores influences of Jewish apocalypticism and mysticism on certain early and late Christian authors, including Irenaeus, Origen, Evagrius of Pontus, Pseudo-Dionysius, and Symeon the New Theologian. Special attention is given to Jewish theophanic traditions regarding the beatific vision of the divine Glory (Kavod), which profoundly shaped Eastern Christian theology and liturgy. This volume demonstrates that recent developments in the study of apocalyptic literature, the Qumran Scrolls, Gnosticism, and later Jewish mysticism throw new and welcome light on the sources and continuities of Orthodox theology, liturgy, and spirituality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1. Jewish and Christian Apocalypticism and Mysticism. Traumatic Mysteries: Pathways of Mysticism among the Early Christians / April D. DeConick

The Importance of the Parables of 1 Enoch for Understanding the Son of Man in the Four Gospels / Charles Gieschen

Driven Away with a Stick: The Femininity of the Godhead in y. Ber. 12d, the Emergence of Rabbinic Modalist Orthodoxy, and the Christian Binitarian Complex / Silviu N. Bunta

The Nativity of Ben Sira Reconsidered / James R. Russell.

Part 2. Theophany and Transformation. Historical Memory and the Eschatological Vision of God's Glory in Irenaeus / Khaled Anatolios

Flesh Invested with the Paternal Light: St Irenaeus on the Transfiguration of the Body / John Behr

Flesh and Fire: Incarnation and Deification in Origen of Alexandria / Charles M. Stang

St John Chrysostom in the West / Marcus Plested

Divine Light and Salvific Illumination in St. Symeon the New Theologian's Hymns of Divine Eros / John A. McGuckin.

Part 3. Jewish Temple and Christian Liturgy. Leviathan's Knot: The High Priest's Sash as a Cosmological Symbol / Andrei A. Orlov

Moses as the First Priest-Gnostikos in the Works of Evagrius of Pontus / Robin Darling Young

Holy Sound: Preaching as Divine Song in Late Antique Syriac Tradition / Susan Ashbrook Harvey

The Lord Himself, One Lord, One Power: Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Isaiah 63:9 and Daniel 7:13 / Bogdan G. Bucur.

Part 4. Pseudo-Dionysius, Plato, and Proclus. Revisiting the Christian Platonism of Pseudo-Dionysius / István Perczel

Individual and Liturgical Piety in Dionysius the Areopagite / Andrew Louth

Ps.-Ps.-Dionysius on the Dormition of the Virgin Mary: The Armenian Letter of Dionysius to Titus / Stephen J. Shoemaker

The “Platonic” Character of Gregory of Nyssa's Psychology: The Old Canon / Michel Renée

Charioteer and Helmsman: Some Distant Echoes of Plato's Phaedrus in Syriac Literature / Sebastian Brock.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Online version: Jewish roots of Eastern Christian mysticism

ISBN:

9789004429529

9004429522

OCLC:

1145902832