Scripture Re-envisioned: Christophanic Exegesis and the Making of a Christian Bible by Bogdan Gabriel Bucur (review)

• Autores: Corine B Milad
• Localización: Journal of early Christian studies: Journal of the North American Patristic Society, ISSN 1067-6341, Nº. 2, 2020, págs. 337-340
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this indispensable addition to the growing field of patristic exegesis, Bogdan Bucur argues that contemporary terminology for early Christian interpretation fails to account for a dominant and widespread approach to the handling of theophanic narratives in the Old Testament that has profound ramifications for our understanding of patristic use of Scripture. Scripture Re-envisioned: Christophanic Exegesis and the Making of a Christian Bible traces the reception history of Old Testament theophanies, showing how the earliest Christians provided a literal christological interpretation of theophanies; that is to say, they read these theophanic narratives as appearances of the Logos-to-be-incarnate. [...]the patristic interpretation of theophanies “produces a christologically re-written Bible in which the patriarchs, prophets, and visionaries of old become ‘men of Christ’ (Justin, Apol. 63.17) and in which the worshippers are invited to inscribe themselves by following the example set forth by this kind of exegesis” (275).