Gregory of Nyssa's Tabernacle Imagery in Its Jewish and Christian Contexts
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 25 September 2014
- ISBN 9780198715399
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages316 pages
- Size 241x162x28 mm
- Weight 622 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book identifies Gregory's biblical sources as well as the influences of both his Alexandrian predecessors (Philo, Clement, and Origen) and his fourth-century context, before comparing the life to other heavenly-ascent texts.
MoreLong description:
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.
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.
Table of Contents:
Dedication
Preface
Abbreviations
Gregory, the Tabernacle, and Heavenly Ascent
Gregory of Nyssa and Life of Moses
Biblical Contexts
Alexandrian Context
Heavenly Ascent Context
Darkness
The Tabernacle Not Made with Hands
Christological Interpretation
Divine Names
Heavenly Powers
The Earthly Tabernacle
Heavenly and Earthly Worship
The Holy of Holies
The Priestly Vestments
The Value of Heuristic Comparison
Conclusions
Appendix: Translation of Life of Moses 1.46-56, 61; 2.162-201
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