The Intertextual Reception of Genesis 1-3 in Irenaeus of Lyons

von Stephen O Presley

306 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In The Intertextual Reception of Genesis 1-3 in Irenaeus of Lyons, Stephen Presley explores the intertextual nature of Irenaeus' interpretation of Genesis 1-3 by drawing on contemporary discussions on the topic. Irenaeus interprets the creation accounts, Presley argues, in continuity with the rest of the scriptural witness through a series of reading strategies including: a literary sense, prophetic fulfillment, typology, philological associations, organizational strategies, narratival arrangements, prosopological interpretation, illustrative identification, and general-to-particular reasoning. Irenaeus' perspective competes with his Gnostic interlocutors who utilize similar methods of interpretation, but fashion distinctive textual relationships between Genesis 1-3 and other texts. These reading strategies circumscribe precisely how Irenaeus' intertextual exegesis is applied to these creation texts within the integrative structure of his theological perspective.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Christentum
• ISBN: 9789004289901
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.05.2015
• Größe: 241 x 160 mm
• Verlag: Brill