Hearing the Scriptures
Liturgical Exegesis of the Old Testament in Byzantine Orthodox Hymnography
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 17 November 2021
- ISBN 9780190239633
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages450 pages
- Size 241x159x25 mm
- Weight 907 g
- Language English 155
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Short description:
In this innovative work, Eugen J. Pentiuc illuminates the way in which the Byzantine hymnographers expressed their understanding of the Old Testament in their compositions. He uses the vast and rich hymnography of Orthodox Holy Week as a case study.
MoreLong description:
Throughout the ages, interpreters of the Christian scriptures have been wonderfully creative in seeking to understand and bring out the wonders of these ancient writings. That creativity has often been overlooked by recent scholarship, concentrated as it is in the so-called critical period. In this study, Eugen J. Pentiuc illuminates the remarkable way in which the Byzantine hymnographers (liturgists) expressed their understanding of the Old Testament in their compositions, an interpretive process that he terms "liturgical exegesis."
In authorship and methodology, patristic exegesis and liturgical exegesis are closely related. Patristic exegesis, however, is primarily linear and sequential, proceeding verse by verse, while liturgical exegesis offers a more imaginative and eclectic mode of interpretation, ranging over various parts of the Bible. In this respect, says Pentiuc, liturgical exegesis resembles cubist art. To illuminate the multi-faceted creativity of liturgical exegesis, Pentiuc has chosen the vast and rich hymnography of Byzantine Orthodox Holy Week as a case study, offering a detailed lexical, biblical, and theological analysis of selected hymns. His analysis reveals the many different and imaginative ways in which creative liturgists incorporated and interpreted scriptural material in these hymns.
By drawing attention to the way in which the bible is used by Byzantine hymnographers in the living Orthodox tradition, Hearing the Scriptures makes a ground-breaking contribution to the history of the reception of the scriptures.
A wonderfully illuminating guide to the ways in which the Greek hymnographers for Holy Week interact with, and interpret, the biblical text, this detailed analytical work on Byzantine hymnography is especially valuable since its author is both a biblical scholar and linguist.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Note on Editions and Translations
Introduction: Brief Overview of Byzantine Orthodox Holy Week
PART I: Hearing the Scriptures through Holy Week Hymns
1. Chastity: Joseph and the Midnight Bridegroom
Holy Monday
2. Loyalty: Three Youths in a Fiery Furnace
Holy Tuesday
3. Bravery: A Daring Woman and a Hiding Eve
Holy Wednesday
4. Offering: Wisdom's Freely Shared Banquet
Holy Thursday
5. Suffering: The Slaughtered Lamb and the Distraught Ewe
Good Friday
6. Overcoming: Jonah and the Never-Setting Light
Holy Saturday
PART II: Liturgical Exegesis
7. Key Features and Hermeneutical Procedures
Glossary of Liturgical Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Biblical Passages
Index of Names and Topics
