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From Exegesis to Heresy: The Educational Background in the Age of Monophysitism

From Exegesis to Heresy: The Educational Background in the Age of Monophysitism From Exegesis to Heresy: The Educational Background in the Age of Monophysitism EVANGELOS CHRYSOS / ATHENS with the collaboration of ALEXANDER ALEXAKIS and NIKI TSIRONI To the memory of Father Alois Grillmeier and Professor Johannes Panagopoulos I. From Exegesis to Heresy Exegesis, that literally in Greek means 'a way out', i.e. explanation, is linked with early Christian thought, although its roots lay in rabbinic theology!. The explanation and contemplation of sacred texts was essential to the deeper and fuller understanding of the multiple layers of meaning that each one of them concealed under the surface of narration • The list of events or names, often encountered in the Old Testament could hardly be meaningless and void of deeper theological meaning • Within the context of early Christian thought exegesis was adopted in order not only to bring to the fore the deeper meaning of the Old and the New Testament, but also in an attempt to establish a unity between the two. The demonstration of continuity between the two was essential to Christian dogma, since it was upon this unity that the teaching of 1 For the development of Jewish Christian exegesis see the classic study by J. DANIELOU, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum Brill

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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0003-5157
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2589-0433
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10.30965/25890433-0350102004
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From Exegesis to Heresy: The Educational Background in the Age of Monophysitism EVANGELOS CHRYSOS / ATHENS with the collaboration of ALEXANDER ALEXAKIS and NIKI TSIRONI To the memory of Father Alois Grillmeier and Professor Johannes Panagopoulos I. From Exegesis to Heresy Exegesis, that literally in Greek means 'a way out', i.e. explanation, is linked with early Christian thought, although its roots lay in rabbinic theology!. The explanation and contemplation of sacred texts was essential to the deeper and fuller understanding of the multiple layers of meaning that each one of them concealed under the surface of narration • The list of events or names, often encountered in the Old Testament could hardly be meaningless and void of deeper theological meaning • Within the context of early Christian thought exegesis was adopted in order not only to bring to the fore the deeper meaning of the Old and the New Testament, but also in an attempt to establish a unity between the two. The demonstration of continuity between the two was essential to Christian dogma, since it was upon this unity that the teaching of 1 For the development of Jewish Christian exegesis see the classic study by J. DANIELOU,

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Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum – Brill

Published: Jun 20, 2003

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