tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46911076434794177702024-03-13T15:39:13.190-07:00Oxford PatristicsThe Conference blogProfessor Markus Vinzenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18207418071078727708noreply@blogger.comBlogger2576125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-50213349052066823392023-08-08T10:13:00.013-07:002023-08-09T15:05:13.102-07:00Conference and call for papers: Approaches to the Relationship between Faith and Grace in Early Chistianity and Early Modern Philosophy and Theology<p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual;">Budapest, Károli Gáspár University</span> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">April 5-6, 2024</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">will take place a conference on:</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual;"><span style="font-family: times;">"Approaches to the Relationship between Faith and Grace in Early Chistianity and Early Modern Philosophy and Theology"</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Please consider participating at this event and propagate the call for those colleagues and doctoral students who may be interested</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">The organizers are: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Dr habil. Ottó Pecsuk (</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="mailto:pecsuk.otto@kre.hu" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">pecsuk.otto@kre.hu</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">)</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">and Dr habil. Miklós Vassányi (</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="mailto:vassanyi.miklos@kre.hu" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">vassanyi.miklos@kre.hu</a>)</span></span></p><p><br /></p>Professor Markus Vinzenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18207418071078727708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-8011669952386168592023-03-09T08:52:00.001-08:002023-03-09T08:52:13.330-08:00A first concordance of the canonical New Testament in comparison with the precanonical New Testament<p> In due course, the Tübingen publishing house Narr Francke Attempto will publish my comparative concordance where you will be able to find the list of almost all NT terms (over 5.500) and can check, if and where these appear in the precanonical collection of Marcion's New Testament.</p><p>The concordance allows for a better understanding of both collections and how best to determine their inter-relations.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-IS99Zlk8Y-7jXDrZjZHch9WwGsWioSHhZrRHXXrJsO_xyTkK3U2vcOyx52SliY24xitporsMw7T2do7WJzZSVrcenCuvpmlXMKwLjwdEU3tbkkQBFoIS1yWyOO1cqxIfu55dzkC4l2Hgs77W7g8vdoRNDfUmOQs48cAWJj8j7FGhkdUF-JoqGwNkBA/s1227/Concordance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1227" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-IS99Zlk8Y-7jXDrZjZHch9WwGsWioSHhZrRHXXrJsO_xyTkK3U2vcOyx52SliY24xitporsMw7T2do7WJzZSVrcenCuvpmlXMKwLjwdEU3tbkkQBFoIS1yWyOO1cqxIfu55dzkC4l2Hgs77W7g8vdoRNDfUmOQs48cAWJj8j7FGhkdUF-JoqGwNkBA/w400-h260/Concordance.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Professor Markus Vinzenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18207418071078727708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-69231217633787206562023-02-24T07:28:00.003-08:002023-02-24T07:28:47.904-08:00XIX. International Conference on Patristic Studies Oxford 5.-9. August 2024 - call for papers and registration opened<p> From today, the registration and call for papers for the forthcoming conference has been opened. You can register at </p><p><a href="https://www.oxfordpatristics.com/">home | patristics (oxfordpatristics.com)</a></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCOhBFwEleJ4_ZB2YxnjxSWp_0DlRrYeE_FA7CISX-UU-uOKzfuAk8O4Mrr9pgw42131RhtUpUyUDaxn_SvZZzaWc-yngcIBJngVUcmJqjXeaY4vnltMCh5jcnrhN0SAodZnQG4k9-kb6iO5ORxtmyi-QgUMaOE2S8L3URjpk82S3ZtihCtpwkUAI6zQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="1248" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCOhBFwEleJ4_ZB2YxnjxSWp_0DlRrYeE_FA7CISX-UU-uOKzfuAk8O4Mrr9pgw42131RhtUpUyUDaxn_SvZZzaWc-yngcIBJngVUcmJqjXeaY4vnltMCh5jcnrhN0SAodZnQG4k9-kb6iO5ORxtmyi-QgUMaOE2S8L3URjpk82S3ZtihCtpwkUAI6zQ=w400-h281" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Professor Markus Vinzenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18207418071078727708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-58617942482889937112021-03-08T08:10:00.001-08:002021-03-08T08:10:09.588-08:00Regarding earlier submission date for abstracts on the call for the special issue of RRE on "Early Christian Rituals"<p> Please note the earlier deadline for this call. It is now 31.04.2021 for a publication in early 2022.</p><p>See on the details the earlier blog entry.</p>Professor Markus Vinzenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18207418071078727708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-12504461198626771182020-12-22T11:27:00.005-08:002020-12-22T11:27:23.711-08:00Bursary for doing a PhD “Divine property: Solutions from Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages” Project A1a<p> At the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) Transregio 294 “The Structural Transformation of Property”, which is hosted at the Universities of Jena and Erfurt, the following academic research position is advertised at the University of Erfurt, part of the project A1 “Divine property: Solutions from Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages”. (Project leaders: Proff. Dres. Jörg Rüpke and Markus Vinzent) The part-time position (26 hours per week) is available as soon as possible. </p><p>1 Research assistant Pay category E 13 TV-L (65 %) Field of work </p><p>• Participation in the research tasks as well as the preparation and realization of events of the interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Centre "The Structural Change of Property" (https://www.uni-erfurt.de/max-weber-kolleg/forschung/forschungsgruppen-undstellen/forschungsgruppen/sonderforschungsbereich-transregio-294-strukturwandel-des-eigentums) </p><p>• Work on project A1a „Ancient and late antique ideas of Divine property“ within the Collaborative Research Centre. The successful applicant will investigate in particular the question to what extent thinking about divine property and God/Gods as owners changed the concepts and forms of human property. For this purpose, poetic texts from the late republican-imperial Latin literature will be analyzed with regard to their concepts and forms of argumentation. They will be interpreted against the background and in their effect on contemporary sacral, social, and economic practices. </p><p>• willingness to pursue an academic qualification (for example a doctorate) at the University of Erfurt Requirements </p><p>• excellent degree (Master or equivalent) in Religious Studies, Classics or Ancient History • knowledge of Latin or (preferably: and) Greek </p><p>• methodical reflectiveness of the thesis </p><p>• willingness to engage with the methods and concepts of the Collaborative Research Centre “The Structural Transformation of Property” </p><p>• documented interest in pursuing a doctorate in an interdisciplinary research environment www.uni-erfurt.de Comments/Remarks The position is available as soon as possible and will end on 31/12/2024. This call for applications is addressed to applicants who meet the requirements of the German law on temporary scientific contracts. General conditions of employment of the Thuringian University Act (Thüringer Hochschulgesetz, ThürHG) § 91 pass. 5 apply. The University of Erfurt is an equal opportunity employer in compliance with the Thuringian Equal Opportunities Act (Thüringer Gleichstellungsgesetz). The vacancy notice is addressed equally to male, female or diverse applicants. Women are underrepresented in the advertised area and are therefore particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants with disabilities are given preference in cases of equal qualification. Application Deadline Please submit your application with CV, copies of your final school and university degrees, a copy of your MA or diploma thesis, and an outline of the project you would like to pursue (5 pages) as pdf-files (maximum of 15 MB) by 20 January 2021 to: University of Erfurt, Max-Weber-Kolleg, Postfach 90 02 21 </p><p>• 99105 Erfurt mwk.bewerbungen@uni-erfurt.de Data Privacy For the electronic submission of your application, please find the necessary encrypting certificate with the public key for secure transmissions to the e-mail address given below under https://www.uni-erfurt.de/personal-und-recht/ausschreibungen, listed under the respective Call for Applications. Secure transmission of your data cannot be warranted if you do not make use of this encrypting method. In sending your application files in electronic form, you agree to having your e-mail scanned for harmful coding, viruses and spam, to the temporary saving of the necessary data of your correspondence and to the conducting of further correspondence via e-mail without further encryption. By submitting your application, you also agree to the further processing of the submitted personal data within the application process. This agreement can be withdrawn at any point in written or electronic form, without specifying your reasons. Please note that withdrawal of your agreement may lead to your application not being further considered for the position applied for. All further regulations regarding data privacy according to Art. 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 may be found under https://www.uni-erfurt.de/personal-und-recht/ausschreibungen/ (download Data Protection Information for Applicants). Notice The University of Erfurt does not refund any costs incurred in the application process.</p>Professor Markus Vinzenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18207418071078727708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-15717050903315599692020-12-22T11:24:00.002-08:002020-12-22T11:27:35.512-08:00Bursary for doing a PhD on “Divine property: Solutions from Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages” Project A1b<p> At the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) Transregio 294 “The Structural Transformation of Property”, which is hosted at the Universities of Jena and Erfurt, the following academic research position is advertised at the University of Erfurt, part of the project “Divine property: Solutions from Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages”. (Project leaders: Proff. Dres. Jörg Rüpke and Markus Vinzent) </p><p>The part-time position (26 hours per week) is available as soon as possible. </p><p>1 Research assistant Pay category E 13 TV-L (65 %) </p><p>Field of work </p><p>• Participation in the research tasks as well as the preparation and realization of events of the interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Centre "The Structural Change of Property" (https://www.uni-erfurt.de/max-weber-kolleg/forschung/forschungsgruppen-undstellen/forschungsgruppen/sonderforschungsbereich-transregio-294-strukturwandel-des-eigentums) • Work on project A1b „Ancient and late antique ideas of Divine property“ within the Collaborative Research Centre. </p><p>The successful applicant will investigate in particular the question to what extent thinking about divine property and God/Gods as owners changed the concepts and forms of human property. For this purpose, rhetorical texts of imperial and late antique (Christian) orators/preachers will be analyzed with regard to their concepts and forms of argumentation. They will be interpreted against the background of and with respect to their impact on contemporary sacral, social, and economic practices. </p><p>• willingness to pursue a doctorate Requirements </p><p>• excellent degree (Master or equivalent) in one of the following disciplines: Religious Studies, Classics, Ancient History or Patristics/Early Church History </p><p>• knowledge of Latin or (preferably: and) Greek </p><p>• methodical reflectiveness of the thesis </p><p>• willingness to engage with the methods and concepts of the Collaborative Research Centre “The Structural Transformation of Property” </p><p>• documented interest in pursuing a doctorate in an interdisciplinary research environment Comments/Remarks www.uni-erfurt.de </p><p>The position is available as soon as possible and will end on 31/12/2024. This call for applications is addressed to applicants who meet the requirements of the German law on temporary scientific contracts. General conditions of employment of the Thuringian University Act (Thüringer Hochschulgesetz, ThürHG) § 91 pass. 5 apply. The University of Erfurt is an equal opportunity employer in compliance with the Thuringian Equal Opportunities Act (Thüringer Gleichstellungsgesetz). The vacancy notice is addressed equally to male, female or diverse applicants. Women are underrepresented in the advertised area and are therefore particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants Applicants with disabilities are given preference in cases of equal qualification. </p><p>Application Deadline Please submit your application with CV, copies of your final school and university degrees, a copy of your MA or diploma thesis, and an outline of the project you would like to pursue (5 pages) as pdf-files (maximum of 15 MB) by 20 January 2021 to: University of Erfurt, Max-Weber-Kolleg, Postfach 90 02 21 </p><p>• 99105 Erfurt mwk.bewerbungen@uni-erfurt.de </p><p>Data Privacy </p><p>For the electronic submission of your application, please find the necessary encrypting certificate with the public key for secure transmissions to the e-mail address given below under https://www.uni-erfurt.de/personal-und-recht/ausschreibungen, listed under the respective Call for Applications. Secure transmission of your data cannot be warranted if you do not make use of this encrypting method. In sending your application files in electronic form, you agree to having your e-mail scanned for harmful coding, viruses and spam, to the temporary saving of the necessary data of your correspondence and to the conducting of further correspondence via e-mail without further encryption. By submitting your application, you also agree to the further processing of the submitted personal data within the application process. This agreement can be withdrawn at any point in written or electronic form, without specifying your reasons. Please note that withdrawal of your agreement may lead to your application not being further considered for the position applied for. All further regulations regarding data privacy according to Art. 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 may be found under https://www.uni-erfurt.de/personal-und-recht/ausschreibungen/ (download Data Protection Information for Applicants). Notice The University of Erfurt does not refund any costs incurred in the application process.</p>Professor Markus Vinzenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18207418071078727708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-261874064890737042020-09-18T08:18:00.009-07:002021-05-18T10:39:57.421-07:00Call for Papers - 'Lived Ancient Christian Rituals' to be published in 2022, earlier submission deadline<p>Markus Vinzent is editing a special issue of the journal <i>Religion in the Roman Empire </i>(Mohr Siebeck) for publication in 2022 and invites colleagues to come up with suggestions for articles on the topic of 'Lived Ancient Rituals' (500 words abstract, article length up to 6,000 words) to be submitted to him by the end of this year at the latest (31.07.2021) (to be sent to markusvinzent@gmail.com).</p><p><b>Please note the earlier submission deadline, as abstracts and articles have already come in, so that we plan for the earlier issue in 2022.</b></p><p>In order to fit the journal's framework, please check the methodological emphasis and the nature of this cross-disciplinary journal <a href=" https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/journal/religion-in-the-roman-empire-rre?no_cache=1" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B36o8Ng8Iow/X2TPn2TWEBI/AAAAAAAADio/UXdLmUSOdU0tylSU6FI3yNw5d9ap4GW8QCNcBGAsYHQ/s558/RRE_02_cfb478b341%2B%25281%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="373" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B36o8Ng8Iow/X2TPn2TWEBI/AAAAAAAADio/UXdLmUSOdU0tylSU6FI3yNw5d9ap4GW8QCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/RRE_02_cfb478b341%2B%25281%2529.png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Professor Markus Vinzenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18207418071078727708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-40107926662448396662020-06-19T07:42:00.000-07:002020-06-19T07:42:15.293-07:00Publication of Studia Patristica vol. 100<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #616161; font-family: Arial;">H.A.G. Houghton, M.L. Davies and Markus Vinzent (ed.), </span><i style="color: #616161; font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://www.peeters-leuven.be/detail.php?search_key=9789042940413" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(0, 85, 150) !important; text-decoration-line: none;">Studia Patristica Vol. C. Including Papers Presented at the Sixth British Patristics Conference, 5–7 September 2016.</a></i><span style="color: #616161; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz.asp?nr=11210" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(0, 85, 150) !important; text-decoration-line: none;"> </a>Leuven: Peeters, </span><span style="color: #616161; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">2020. (xvi+398pp.) ISBN 978-90-429-4041-3</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: justify;">This one-hundredth volume of </span><i style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Studia Patristica</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> includes papers from the Sixth British Patristics conference, held in Birmingham in September 2016. Thirty-seven contributions from an international range of scholars provide new studies of many of the major subjects in patristic studies, from Tertullian to Maximus the Confessor by way of Origen, John Chrysostom, Jerome and Augustine. One theme of the conference, which was held in conjunction with the European Research Council COMPAUL project, was the tradition and reception of the letters of the Apostle Paul. This is reflected in several papers, including an examination of patristic evidence for the authorship of </span><i style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Ephesians</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> and an analysis of exegetical techniques employed in the Greek </span><i style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">catena</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> tradition on </span><i style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Galatians</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: justify;">. Two longer contributions, by plenary speakers Frances Young and Jennifer Strawbridge, offer an extended consideration of the early Christian exegesis of particular Pauline Epistles.</span><br />
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<br />Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-16360453367698598802020-06-19T07:38:00.002-07:002020-06-19T07:38:30.074-07:00Call for Papers - Procopius of Gaza: Catenist, Compiler, and Exegete (Leuven, 9-11 December 2020)
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">In the last decades, the study of the literary output of Gaza in the 5th-6th centuries AD has seen
a significant revival of interest. New editions and studies of rhetorical, poetic, monastic and
hagiographic texts –produced in, or related to Gaza– have emerged; three international
symposia were devoted to Gaza in Late Antiquity. However, a far lesser attention has been
paid to the biblical commentaries of Procopius the Christian sophist from Gaza. This
conference aims to shed light on Procopius’ work as catenist, compiler and exegete of the
Bible, and further the understanding of the author and his writings. More specifically, it will
raise the question whether the profane and the Christian works assigned to Procopius are by
one and the same author. It will assess the critical edition project of Procopius’ </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Commentaries
on the Octateuch</span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">. It will seek to contextualise Procopius’ </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-style: italic;">In Genesim</span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">, especially regarding the
debate on the creation of the world and the Origenist crisis. It will study the patristic sources of
the </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-style: italic;">In Exodum </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">and </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-style: italic;">In Canticum </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">and the use that Procopius made of them. It will examine the
relationship between Procopius’ </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-style: italic;">In Canticum </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">and </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-style: italic;">In Proverbia </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">on the one hand, and the Greek
exegetical catenae on the same biblical texts on the other hand. It will compare the main
characteristics of Procopius’ Epitomae with those of the anonymous epitomae on the Twelve
Prophets. It will study the patristic sources of Procopius’ </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-style: italic;">In Isaiam </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">and the process of
transforming them into a new commentary. It will finally reflect on the nature and usefulness
of Procopius’ catenae and epitomae: are these works collections of commentaries, new forms
of commentary, or Bible study tools?
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Confirmed speakers</span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">: E. Amato (Université de Nantes), J.-M. Auwers (UCLouvain), R.
Ceulemans (KU Leuven), C. Markschies and K. Metzler (Humboldt Universität, Berlin), E.
Prinzivalli (La Sapienza, Rome).
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</span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Proposals </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">(between 250 and 500 words) </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">may be sent to Dimitrios Zaganas
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">(<a href="mailto:dimitrios.zaganas@kuleuven.be">dimitrios.zaganas@kuleuven.be</a>), </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">no later than August 30, 2020.
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<br />Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-59981089442867229332019-07-31T00:40:00.001-07:002019-07-31T00:40:42.790-07:00Sources Chrétiennes book offerFrom 1st September to 30th November 2019, there will be a special offer of 50% off all Sources Chrétiennes volumes, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the publishers and the publication of the 600 SC volume.<br />
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<br />Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-6798441691153610362019-07-03T06:28:00.002-07:002019-07-03T06:28:52.610-07:00Job offer: Postdoctoral Researcher in Medieval Manuscript Studies<blockquote style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" type="cite">
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<span class=""><span class="">Radboud University Nijmegen</span> is advertising a position for a </span><span class=""><b class=""><span class="">Postdoctoral Researcher in Medieval Manuscript Studies (0.8FTE)</span> </b>to be part of the research team of the <b class="">ERC-funded project </b>Patristic Sermons in the Middle Ages. The dissemination, manipulation and interpretation of Late-Antique sermons in the Medieval Latin West (PASSIM)</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">. </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Postdoctoral Researcher will study the <b class="">customisation of patristic sermon collections for use in the liturgy and Divine Office</b> in medieval manuscripts from the 7th to the 15th century, with a particular emphasis on the Carolingian homiliary of Paul the Deacon and its reception.</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></div>
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<span class=""><b class="">Location</b>: Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands</span><span class=""> </span></div>
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<span class=""><span class=""><span class=""><b class="">Duration</b>: 3</span></span><span class=""> years</span><span class=""><span class=""><br class="" /></span></span><span class=""><span class=""><b class="">Starting date</b>: 1 January 2020 (negotiable)</span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><b class="">Deadline for the application</b>: 18 August 2019</span></div>
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<b class="">Contact</b>: Dr. Shari Boodts (PI)</div>
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<span class="">Full details of the job offer can be found here: </span><a class="" href="https://www.ru.nl/werken/details/details_vacature_0/?recid=602071">https://www.ru.nl/werken/details/details_vacature_0/?recid=602071</a></div>
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<span class="">More information on the research project can be found here: </span><a class="" href="https://applejack.science.ru.nl/passimproject/?page=contact">https://applejack.science.ru.nl/passimproject/?page=contact</a></div>
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Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-10198983934109236762019-06-15T14:19:00.000-07:002019-07-04T04:01:03.606-07:00Workshops at the XVIII. Conference<i>The following workshop proposals have been retained by the Directors of the 18th International Patristic Conference. They are listed with the surname of their convenor in brackets.</i><br />
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Eriugena’s Christian Neoplatonism and its Sources in Patristic Philosophy and Ancient Philosophy (Ramelli)<br />
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Eckhart, Reader of the Church Fathers (Vannier)<br />
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Pseudo-Basiliana Graeca: a neglected corpus (Zaganas)<br />
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Evagrian Pedagogy (Young)<br />
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Chrysostomica and Pseudochrysostomica: From Textual History to a Reassessment of Traditions (Bady)<br />
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Exploring Nuances in Maximos the Confessor’s Thought (Mitralexis)<br />
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Bodily Resurrection vs Immortality: Philosophy, Medicine, Theology (Usacheva)<br />
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Nature and the Principles of Its Creation: Philosophy Recast in Theological Moulds (Podbielski)<br />
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Research on Psalter Catenae: Current Trends and Future Perspectives (Ceulemans)<br />
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Ordo Amoris in Augustine (Camacho)<br />
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From Elders to Priests: The Presbyters in the Late Antique West (Adamiak)<br />
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John of Damascus: More than a Compiler (Ables)<br />
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Clement of Alexandria: The New Testament text and non-canonical traditions (Husek)<br />
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Practice, Performance, Liturgy: Prayers before the Prayer Book (Rapp)<br />
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Theologizing Performance in the Byzantine Tradition (Olkinuora)<br />
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"Alexandrian" and "Antiochene" Exegesis of the Bible: Exemplary studies on Eusebius of Caesarea and Severian of Gabala (Von Stockhausen)<br />
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Female power and its propaganda: textual representation and visual display of imperial women in Late Antiquity and Byzantium (Chiriatti)<br />
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Migration: Rhetoric and Reality in Late Antiquity (Handl)<br />
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Early Christian 'magic': texts, objects, rituals, and contexts (Lunn-Rockliffe)<br />
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After Vööbus: New Approaches to Syriac Asceticism (Kitchen)<br />
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Ambrose of Milan's misericordia (Grant)<br />
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4th Century Christology in Context: A reconsideration (Brugarolas)<br />
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Cappadocians and Pseudo-Cappadocians (Juganaru)<br />
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Apostles as Martyrs. What Sense Did it Make to Remember Apostles as Martyrs? (Witetschek)<br />
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<li>In this workshop, speakers will only give brief summaries of their papers. The draft papers will be circulated in advance to all participants. Please <a href="https://www.kaththeol.uni-muenchen.de/lehrstuehle/bibl_einleitung/personen/witetschek/index.html">contact the organiser</a> to have the PDFs sent to you by late July/early August.</li>
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Following the Holy Fathers: Patristic Sources in the Palamite Controversy (Pino)<br />
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Pelagianism in the Christian Sources from 431 to the Carolingian Period (Villegas Marín)<br />
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Perspectives on Origen in the History of His Reception (Fürst)<br />
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Early Christians and the Books at the Edges of the Canon (Barone)<br />
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Emotions & Rhetoric in Augustine (Irizar)<br />
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Role Models for Human Freedom and Dignity in Origen (Pollmann)<br />
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Digital Patristics (Janssens)<br />
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Irenaeus in the Second Century (Springer)<br />
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Ordering Knowledge and Modes of Knowing in Ascetic Theory and Practice (Zecher)<br />
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Ordering Knowledge within Manuscripts (Forness)<br />
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Lactantius (Nicholson)<br />
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Origins of Early Christian Ministry (Khomych)<br />
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The Armenian Reception of Syriac Church Fathers (Hilkens)<br />
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Re-Medial Patristics: New Ways with (Our) Old Texts (Vessey)<br />
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Ordering Knowledge and Modes of Knowing: Tradition, Authority, and Communal Formation (Ployd)<br />
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Demonologies: Ontology and Exegesis (Lössl)<br />
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Ordering Knowledge and Modes of Knowing: Philosophical Inheritances (Champion)<br />
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Eunomius’ <i>Apologia apologiae </i> (DelCogliano)<br />
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Shifting Paradigms in the Study of Jerome (Van t Westeinde)<br />
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Politics and Society: The Patristic Legacy in the Middle Ages (Slotemaker)<br />
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Re-thinking Origen and Fourth Century Theology (Pui Him Ip)<br />
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Augustine's use of exegesis in polemical contexts (Toczko)<br />
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Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, early Syriac historiography, and its Byzantine and Arab context (582-842) (Mazzola)<br />
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Julian and Cyril: Texts, Themes, and Polemic (Johnson)<br />
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Disability Discourse, Embodiment, and Healing: Intersecting Christian Antiquity and Modern Health Care (Holman)<br />
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New/old approaches to late ancient religion: re-evaluating neglected and rejected models (Grig)<br />
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New Approaches to the Persecution of the Christians (Corke-Webster)<br />
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Reorienting, Reframing, and Reinventing Memory in the Early Christian World (Bhola)<br />
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The Exegesis of Theodore of Mopsuestia and the East-Syriac Tradition (Hoogerwerf)<br />
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Deacons and Diakonia: New Perspectives on the Function and Impact of Deacons in the Early Church (Smeets) (The Greek mythology in the Writings of Theophilus of Antioch (Boshra)<br />
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New Critical editions of Augustine (Drecoll)<br />
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Behind and Beyond the Alexandria-Antioch Divide (Elliott)Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-27173381902429529512019-05-25T13:25:00.000-07:002019-05-24T14:20:01.347-07:00Acceptances for the XVIII. Conference (2019)[originally posted on 31st January 2019]<br />
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Proposal submission for the Eighteenth International Patristics Conference closed at the end of December 2018, and decisions have now been made by the Directors and communicated to individuals.<br />
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All 540 Short Communications and 368 Workshop Papers whose presenters who have given permission for their abstracts to be made available on a website are now included on this blog. Abstracts are tagged with the date of the conference (2019) and the first letter of the presenter's surname. A list of the accepted Workshops is <a href="http://oxfordpatristics.blogspot.com/2019/02/workshops-at-xviii-conference.html">available on this posting</a>.<br />
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<i>If you are a presenter and have any changes to the information which is posted about your paper, please use the 'Comments' field to enter the correct information and inform Prof. Hugh Houghton at the University of Birmingham. Due to a formatting issue, text which should be in italics is appearing in normal font and missing a final space: please accept our apologies.</i><br />
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Abstracts and paper titles for the conference programme will be generated directly from the Oxford Abstracts system which was used for the initial paper proposal.<br />
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All information about registration for the conference is provided on the <a href="https://www.oxfordpatristics.com/">Oxford Patristics Conference Website</a>, along with contact details for any queries.<br />
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The Early Bird registration rate is available until 31st March 2019, and registration for the conference closes on 31st July 2019.Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-52889190742574873262019-05-25T05:36:00.002-07:002019-05-25T05:36:58.582-07:00Dietmar Wyrwa: Presentation of the new Ueberweg, Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie. Antike V: Philosophie der Kaiserzeit und der Spätantike.This short communication is meant to call attention to the recently published Ueberweg's History of Philosophy. Antiquity V. This major work in three volumes, which in 2600 pages covers the period of the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity up to about 700 CE, is written by more than 50 international highly esteemed experts and is edited by Christoph Riedweg (Zurich), Christoph Horn (Bonn) and Dietmar Wyrwa (Berlin). The presentation will outline the basic conception the editors applied to the realisation of the project. They thought it necessary to avoid a strict intellectual oposition beween greek philosophy and jewish-christian thinking, since one can realize mutual encounters and dependencies. So the exposition of the work follows a mixed principle taking into account the successions of schools, the religious traditions, the areas of language and the geographic relations, all this in a roughly chronological order. The communication will show, as the editors are convinced, that this work can be an important help for patristic studies. Finally a comparison may be drawn with the conception of Gerson's Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, which was published in 2010, when the work of the new Ueberweg was already in progress.Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-13580090227064645722019-05-25T05:24:00.001-07:002019-05-25T05:24:09.890-07:00Patricia Ciner: The problem of Life after Death in Origen's Theology: Repercussions in Contemporary NeuroscienceReferring to the Commentary on the Gospel of John, the renowned French specialist Henri Crouzel has affirmed that it can be considered "Origen´s masterpiece". Of this great work, which according to Eusebius was written in thirty-two books, we have in Greek only nine books: I, V, VI, X, XIII, XIX, XX, XXVIII, XXXII and a few fragments of Books IV and V. A large number of fragments which Brooke and Preuschen included in the Greek text of the Commentary on the Gospel of John as perhaps penned by Origen were also preserved through the medieval exegetical technique of the catenae. Interest in the authenticity of these fragments is undoubtedly immense for scholars of Origen, since it offers the possibility of recovering some lost material of the Commentary. However, this authenticity has been severely questioned, as the differences between these fragments and the Alexandrian´s thought are obvious. It is R. Heine who has shown that only five of these more than one hundred fragments do not belong to the Alexandrian. With great clarity he has written: Origen's thought could be altered by rewriting in Greek, even while using some of his own words, as well as by translating his Greek into Latin. Following his criterion for not considering most of these fragments as authentic, our paper seeks to show to what extent these fragments have distorted Origen´s thought and, if possible, to point out the real authors of these fragments.Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-16130770448459468952019-05-24T14:13:00.006-07:002019-05-24T14:13:56.702-07:00Deirdre Carabine: The Transcendence of God in Eriugena and his Patristic SourcesIn this presentation, I will survey Eriugena's sources, both Greek and Latin, and attempt a critical presentation of the theme of transcendence, and the concomitant negative theology, showing how his Greek and Latin sources (notably Dionysius), together with his own unique way of thinking, culminate in a rich tapestry of thought that has relevance twelve centuries after his death. Through discussing the Greek and Latin influences on Eriugena's presentation of the transcendence and otherness of God, I hope to show how Eriugena's negative ontology ultimately forms the core of his understanding of, on the one hand, revelation and creation (God becoming not-God), and, on the other: the final calling of all manifestation and multiplicity into unity (not-God becoming God / not-God). This strong Patristic thematic in Eriugena deserves detailed attention since its inspiration in his theology was manifold. The end result should be a re-evaluation of the importance of Eriugena's use of his patristic sources in relation to the great thematic of divine transcendence.Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-86139034791287154842019-05-24T14:13:00.003-07:002019-05-24T14:13:57.222-07:00Luc Jocqué, Bart Janssens: Multilingual databases of Patristic, Medieval and Byzantine texts: Sources Chrétiennes online & Répertoire des traductions des Pères de l'Église Sources Chrétiennes is a bilingual collection of patristic and medieval texts founded in 1942 by the Jesuit Fathers Jean Daniélou, Claude Mondésert and Henri de Lubac. The collection is edited by the Institut des Sources Chrétiennes (current director: Guillaume Bady) and published in Paris by Les Éditions du Cerf. Brepols currently prepares the electronic publication of the complete collection (Latin, Greek, Syriac texts with French translation) in an online database (eSChr). The Répertoire des traductions françaises des Pères de l’Église (RTF) is an indispensable tool for identifying and finding the translations of the works of Church Fathers. The about 12,000 index cards dedicated to the French translations of Latin, Greek and Eastern Fathers are the work of Benedictine Father Jacques Marcotte of the Abbey of Saint-Wandrille in Normandy, France.The RTF is a unique source of information for the literature of Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. The database has a bilingual French and English search interface and offers for the first time a methodical census of translations, complete and partial, of works of Church Fathers. Because of its scale, the RTF has no equivalent either in the French-speaking world or in any other linguistic region.Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-10974634325363526232019-05-24T14:13:00.000-07:002019-05-24T14:13:56.624-07:00Nicoleta Acatrinei: La nature humaine de l’homo oeconomicus: une enquête anthropologique dans le commentaire sur Matthieu de Jean Chrysostome. Délivré à Antioche (390-398 A.D.), le commentaire chrysostomien sur l’Evangile de Matthieu est reconnu comme étant l’un de plus importants ouvrages de la littérature chrétienne. Traditionnellement on lui loue l’excellence en termes d’enseignement moral voir moralisateur en ce qui concerne les richesses et l’argent. Cette étude propose une relecture de ce texte à travers une enquête d’anthropologie économique. Ainsi, le portrait du riche tel qu’on le trouve décrit dans les homélies est interprété à travers les lois économiques qui régissent le comportement de l’homo oeconomicus exposées par John Stuart Mill dans son traité L’utilitarisme.Cette étude propose une analyse en parallèle de l’anthropologie théologique sous-jacente au discours de Chrysostome sur le riche et la richesse, et l’anthropologie économique sur laquelle est fondée la doctrine utilitariste sur le désir de la richesse. Pour Mill « l’amour de l’argent n’en est pas moins l’une des forces motrices de l’existence humaine et l’argent est même, dans de nombreux cas, désiré en lui-même et pour lui-même. » (L’utilitarisme. Essai sur Bentham, Paris, PUF, 1998, p. 90.)Chrysostome invite à une compréhension eschatologique du pouvoir performatif de l’argent sur le progrès spirituel du riche. L’enjeu final consiste non pas dans le conformisme à un catalogue des vertus à pratiquer et des vices à éviter, mais bien dans l’excellence intrinsèque de la nature humaine et les conditions économiques les plus favorables pour l’atteindre.Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-68053139582515739482019-05-24T14:12:00.006-07:002019-05-24T14:13:57.079-07:00Marie-Anne VANNIER, Sivia BARA BANCEL, Markus VINZENT: Maître Eckhart, lecteur d'AugustinMaître Eckhart, même s’il n’est pas nommé comme Bonaventure par exemple le second Augustin, n’en est pas moins l’un des meilleurs lecteurs d’Augustin, celui qui a pénétré les intuitions de l’évêque d’Hippone et en a dégagé l’enjeu non seulement pour son époque, mais de manière plus universelle encore, à tel point que son actualité en ressort encore.Pour le mettre en évidence, nous étudierons systématiquement les œuvres d’Eckhart au cours de ce workshop, pour préciser la réception qu’il a faite d’Augustin, comment il le réinterprète pour son époque. De manière croisée également, nous reprendrons les grandes thématiques : anthropologiques, trinitaires… pour y rechercher les convergences et les prolongements qu’Eckhart propose de la pensée d’Augustin.Jusqu’ici, le rapport entre Eckhart et Augustin n’a été envisagé que de manière partielle, nous souhaitons mettre en évidence la source augustinienne (qui occupe plus de cent trente pages des occurrences de l’index patristique de l’œuvre d’Eckhart) et en dégager les enjeux, ce qui renouvellera la lecture d’Eckhart, qui n’est pas tant un disciple de Denys l’Aréopagite (qui occupe à peine quelques pages des occurrences de l’Index) que d’Augustin.Pour en rendre compte, nous prendrons l'exemple du Commentaire du Livre de la Sagesse d'Eckhart.Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-56889289877421485822019-05-24T14:12:00.002-07:002019-05-24T14:13:56.958-07:00Teng He : Grace and free will in Augustine's Ad Simplicanum II This paper aims to deal with the relationship between grace and free will in Augustine's Ad Simplicanum II (396/397). The development of Augustine confronts its interpreters a crucial difficulty, whether Augustine changes his mind on the will, as what he comments in Retractationes.In regard of Ad Simplicanum II,there are basically two interpretative options available: separate reading (Peter Brown;Kurt Flasch) and continuous reading(Carol Harrison;Brachtendorf). Following the first option, there are two distinctive Augustine. After the year of 395/396, Augustine loses his confidence on human's intellect and is lost in the future. According to the second reading, there is no difference between young and old Augustine. In this article, a third interpretation is defended that tries to combine the advantages of the previous two. Firstly, I would like to show Augustine indeed changed his mind on grace through the contrast between his commentaries on Roman.Besides, I will present his comments on early work in Retractationes, to show that he changes his position on human's ability.Secondly, I will show the difference between free choice(liberum arbitrium)and will (voluntas),which goes through Augustine's works.Based on this distinction, he also explains the sin of human inAd SimplicanumII. Lastly, I would like to show the inability of will (voluntas) and work (opera) to achieve grace (gratia).God is beyond of human knowledge, but he effects on human's reason/will in its time (in suo tempore).Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-68384142093530530192019-05-24T14:11:00.003-07:002019-05-24T14:13:57.091-07:00Dragoljub Garic: “Πολυβλέποντες - a Pseudonym in Homily 8 on the Song of Songs of Gregory of NyssaGregory of Nyssa’s Homilies on the Song of Songs have traditionally been taken as a work of mystical reflection, in contrast to his earlier dogmatic writings. This view has changed in the past two decades and nowadays most scholars agree that this work abounds with doctrinal and polemical elements. In other words, researchers of his writings acknowledge the anti-Eunomian character of them. This character is now appreciated without jeopardizing the mystical aspects of Gregory’s oeuvre.What is striking, however, is the fact that Gregory almost never speaks about his theological adversaries in person and does not name them. More precisely, he only names his opponents in a passage of Homily 8 on the Song of Songs. Moreover, he also uses a rather unusual term – πολυβλέποντες. The word, which is a euphemistic expression of blindness, and therefore of the perversity of Gregory’s adversaries, strange as it is rare, provides us with deeper insights into Gregory’s understanding of heresy. In the present paper, I intend to demonstrate that this term, indeed, refers to thinkers of Neo-Arian provenance and reflect on further implications of the pseudonym.Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-69335535276796650212019-05-24T14:11:00.000-07:002019-05-24T14:13:57.105-07:00István Perczel: Is Pseudo-Dionysius also a Pseudo-Cappadocian Father?Earlier I suggested that De trinitate, found in a unique manuscript and published by Mingarelli in 1759, was the Theological Expositions, referred to by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the Dionysian Corpus. This raises the possibility that the unknown theologian who produced one of the most breath-taking Late Antique literary fictions did not author a single work, but rather hid behind diverse literary personae, and, that, before trying his pen as a quasi-Apostolic authority, he presented himself as a Pseudo-Cappadocian Father.Scholars demonstrated the appurtenance of the pseudo-Basilian Treatise on the Syllogisms about the Spirit, known as the spurious Fourth and Fifth Books of Basil’s Adversus Eunomium, to the pseudo-Didymian De trinitate(now identified with Pseudo-Dionysius’ lost Theological Expositions). I will present more arguments which will permit us to ascribe this work to the same author.Once the Treatise on the Syllogisms about the Spiritis restored to “Pseudo-Dionysius,” the authorship of another Pseudo-Basilian work, On the Spirit, comes into question. This is a close paraphrase of EnneadV [11]. 1, the composing method of which is paralleled by the Treatise on Evil, a paraphrase of Proclus’ De malorum subsistentia, which Dionysius inserted in the fourth chapter of the Divine Names.All these odd procedures of literary composition testify to an extremely playful, one might say, Joycean, mind who gleefully tricked his audience, somebody blessed with a good sense of humour. All in all, Pseudo-Dionysius/Pseudo-Basil/Pseudo-Didymus is an extremely modern figure, one who deservedly inspired Hugo Ball in his Dadaist enterprise.Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-86086750026617193942019-05-24T14:10:00.003-07:002019-05-24T14:13:57.209-07:00György Geréby: The theology of the „Hymn to god” and counter-Eunomian Arguments in the CappadociansThe authorship of the hymn attributed to Gregory Nazianzen or to the Corpus Dionysiacum in the manuscript tradition is still unclear, as scholarship found a third candidate for the authorship in Proclus (Cousin, Jahn, Rosán). Modern scholarship agrees that it is misattributed to Gregory (although there are dissenting voices, recently Bernardi, Frangeskou), and there is a growing consensus to attribute it the Corpus Dionysiacum' s author (Sicherl, Saffrey, van den Berg). Sicherl concluded his important article that „everything speaks for ps-Dionysius as the author and nothing against it.” I argue that ps-Dionysius cannot be the author (a fortiori not Gregory), since 1) the argument from the mss. tradition is not compelling, and 2) the terminological similarities can be given a different interpretation, since 3) the hymn's doctrine contravenes both Gregory’s and the CD’s positions. However, since Cappadocian epistemology (especially that of Nazianzen) is generally associated with an elaboration of „negative theology” within the Eunomian debates and „apophatic theology” was brought to culmination by the Corpus Dionysiacum, the general thrust of the hymn got associated with either of them. However, neither in the Eunomian debates nor in the CD is the argument for a purely negative approach, which is, however the case with the standard „Neoplatonic,” or rather Hellenising theology of the period. The Christian approach is presented in both authors (albeit in different ways) as a theology in which the divine names and predicates require a systematically more complex interpretation than as it is shown in the Hymn.Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-85192471934482004672019-05-24T14:10:00.000-07:002019-05-24T14:13:57.197-07:00Monnica Kloeckener: The Samaritan Woman at Jacob’s Well (Jn 4) as an Example for Gaining KnowledgeIn his 13th book of the Commentary on John, Origen deals with the encounter of Jesus and the Samaritan woman<br />
at Jacob’s well (Jn 4). Origen was requested by Ambrose to rebut Heracleon’s commentary<br />
on John. Heracleon argued that people remain for their lifetime on the same<br />
level of knowledge and areincapable of gaining further knowledge.Origen interprets the Samaritan woman as an image for the<br />
thoughts of the heretics studying Scripture, and the water from the well as Scripture.<br />
The living water that Jesus is able to give represents Jesus’ teaching, which<br />
leads to a higher and eternal life.The Samaritan woman first misunderstands the biblical texts. After asking Jesus for the living water, she receives some, which in Origen’s interpretation is salutary teaching. Thus, the woman no longer needs to come to the fountain. In fact, she now contemplates the truth as the angels do. The Samaritan woman leaves her vessel, which in Origen’ interpretation represents wrong teaching, at the fountain, and goes into the town in order to tell the people about Jesus. By doing this, she gives them the opportunity to leave the town (i.e. wrong teachings) and receive salvific teaching.Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691107643479417770.post-34957042546030254972019-05-24T14:09:00.002-07:002019-05-24T14:13:56.887-07:00Gert Partoens, Bram Roosen: Clavis clavium: an integrated reference database and collaborative update platform to open up Patristic, Medieval and Byzantine texts In this session we will present the results of the Clavis Clavium project: the development of an integrated online database of four different Claves (the Clavis Patrum Latinorum + Graecorum and the Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina + Graeca). After a short introduction about the history and development of the project, the main focus of the session will be on how the Clavis Clavium will be able to help you in your research and on the presentation of the online platform that allows for continuous, peer-reviewed updates:What are the research advantages of this integrated online database?How does it work? – a look at the update platform of the database in actionHow will the quality of the entries be guaranteed? – a look at the peer review module that is part of the update platformWho will be able to contribute updates? – invitation vs. spontaneous submissionsWhat about bibliometrics? – a look at how contributors will be able to prove their work on the database (bibliometry) and claim authorshipWhat about the future? – what extra claves and functionalities we plan to add in the future? how Brepols Publishers guarantees that the database will keep working in the long run?[Clavis Clavium is the result of a three-year project between the KULeuven, Brepols Publishers and the Bollandists, cofinanced by the Herculesfoundation of the Government of Flanders.]Hugh Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06092807821368099069noreply@blogger.com0