Patristic Perspectives on Luke's Transfiguration
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Patristic Perspectives on Luke's Transfiguration

Interpreting Vision

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eBook - PDF

Patristic Perspectives on Luke's Transfiguration

Interpreting Vision

About this book

Peter Anthony explores how visionary elements in Luke's Gospel had a particular influence on early interpretation of the Transfiguration, by examining the rich hermeneutical traditions that emerged - particularly in the Latin West - as the Transfiguration was first depicted visually in art. Anthony begins by comparing the visual and visionary culture of antiquity with that of the present, and their differing interpretations of the Transfiguration. He then examines the Transfiguration texts in the synoptic gospels and their interpretation in modern scholarship, and the reception of the Transfiguration in 2 Peter, the Apocalypse of Peter and the Acts of Peter, Tertullian and Origen. Proceeding to look at interpretations found in the Greek East and the Latin West, Anthony finally discusses the earliest visual depictions of the Transfiguration from the sixth century onward, drawn from a wealth of different art forms. Anthony concludes that early commentators' and artists' understanding of how we see and visualise, and therefore, how the Transfiguration was apprehended, is closer to that of the writers of the New Testament than many modern interpreters' is.

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Information

Publisher
T&T Clark
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9780567699794
eBook ISBN
9780567699763
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Studies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Illustration
  7. Acknowkedgments
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Chapter 1 Introduction
  10. Chapter 2 An Examination of the New Testament Synoptic Transfiguration Narratives
  11. Chapter 3 Modern Interpretation of the Synoptic Transfiguration Narratives
  12. Chapter 4 Reception of the Transfiguration In 2 Peter, the Apocalypse of Peter, the Acts of Peter and the Acts of John
  13. Chapter 5 The Transfiguration in Tertullian and Origen
  14. Chapter 6 Interpretation of the Transfiguration in the Greek East After Origen
  15. Chapter 7 Interpretation of the Transfiguration in the Latin West After Tertullian
  16. Chapter 8 The Earliest Depiction of the Transfiguration
  17. Chapter 9 Conclusion
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index
  20. Index of Biblical References