عنوان

The Divine Essence, that Inaccessible Kabod Enthroned in Heaven:

شماره

LA122655

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Divine Essence, that Inaccessible Kabod Enthroned in Heaven:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Nazianzen's Oratio 28,3 and the Tradition of Apophatic Theology from Symbols to Philosophical Concepts

نام نخستين پديدآور

Dragoş A. Giulea

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

In his second theological oration (Oratio 28,3), Gregory Nazianzen equates the divine glory (kabod ) of the Holy of Holies with the divine essence and asserts their inaccessible character. An investigation into the meaning of these two terms unveils their origins in two distinct traditions, the former tracing its roots back to the ancient Semitic symbolisms of the forbidden divine glory and throne, the latter to the Hellenistic philosophical conception of an immaterial and incomprehensible divinity. The thesis advanced in this study is that these two different languages represent two semiotic forms of apophaticism, one expressed through the mysterium tremendum inspiring symbols and images of fire, dazzling glory and enigmatic heavenly creatures, guardians of the enthroned Kabod, the other through negative philosophical terminologies. The identity of the two semiotic forms is established at the end of an investigation that concludes with the observation that Hellenistic theologians developed their apophatic discourses mostly in the context of interpreting biblical reports on the theophanies of the divine and unapproachable enthroned Kabod. It was in this hermeneutical context that they "translated" the symbols of interdiction into philosophical negative concepts. In his second theological oration (Oratio 28,3), Gregory Nazianzen equates the divine glory (kabod ) of the Holy of Holies with the divine essence and asserts their inaccessible character. An investigation into the meaning of these two terms unveils their origins in two distinct traditions, the former tracing its roots back to the ancient Semitic symbolisms of the forbidden divine glory and throne, the latter to the Hellenistic philosophical conception of an immaterial and incomprehensible divinity. The thesis advanced in this study is that these two different languages represent two semiotic forms of apophaticism, one expressed through the mysterium tremendum inspiring symbols and images of fire, dazzling glory and enigmatic heavenly creatures, guardians of the enthroned Kabod, the other through negative philosophical terminologies. The identity of the two semiotic forms is established at the end of an investigation that concludes with the observation that Hellenistic theologians developed their apophatic discourses mostly in the context of interpreting biblical reports on the theophanies of the divine and unapproachable enthroned Kabod. It was in this hermeneutical context that they "translated" the symbols of interdiction into philosophical negative concepts.

تاريخ نشر

2010

توصيف ظاهري

1-29

عنوان

Numen

شماره جلد

57/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5276

اصطلاح موضوعی

apophaticism

اصطلاح موضوعی

concepts

اصطلاح موضوعی

Kabod

اصطلاح موضوعی

symbols

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Dragoş A. Giulea

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/002959709X12476446328534

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y