Scripture Re-envisioned: Christophanic Exegesis and the Making of a Christian Bible

Bogdan Gabriel Bucur

ISBN 10: 9004386106 / ISBN 13: 9789004386105

Published by Brill, NL, 2018

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Scripture Re-envisioned discusses the christological exegesis of biblical theophanies and argues its crucial importance for the appropriation of the Hebrew Bible as the Christian Old Testament. The Emmaus episode in Luke 24 and its history of interpretation serve as the methodological and hermeneutical prolegomenon to the early Christian exegesis of theophanies. Subsequent chapters discuss the reception history of Genesis 18; Exodus 3 and 33; Psalm 98/99 and 131/132; Isaiah 6; Habakkuk 3:2 (LXX); Daniel 3 and 7. Bucur shows that the earliest, most widespread and enduring reading of these biblical texts, namely their interpretation as "christophanies"- manifestations of the Logos-to-be-incarnate-constitutes a robust and versatile exegetical tradition, which lent itself to doctrinal reflection, apologetics, polemics, liturgical anamnesis and doxology.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scripture Re-envisioned: Christophanic Exegesis and the Making of a Christian Bible
• Publisher: Brill, NL
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004386106
• ISBN 13: 9789004386105
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 685 grams

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Synopsis

Scripture Re-envisioned discusses the christological exegesis of biblical theophanies and argues its crucial importance for the appropriation of the Hebrew Bible as the Christian Old Testament. The Emmaus episode in Luke 24 and its history of interpretation serve as the methodological and hermeneutical prolegomenon to the early Christian exegesis of theophanies. Subsequent chapters discuss the reception history of Genesis 18; Exodus 3 and 33; Psalm 98/99 and 131/132; Isaiah 6; Habakkuk 3:2 (LXX); Daniel 3 and 7. Bucur shows that the earliest, most widespread and enduring reading of these biblical texts, namely their interpretation as "christophanies"― manifestations of the Logos-to-be-incarnate―constitutes a robust and versatile exegetical tradition, which lent itself to doctrinal reflection, apologetics, polemics, liturgical anamnesis and doxology

About the Author

Bogdan Gabriel Bucur, Ph.D. (Marquette University, 2007) is Associate Professor of Theology at Duquesne University. He is the author of Angelomorphic Pneumatology: Clement of Alexandria and Other Early Christian Witnesses (Brill, 2009) and of numerous scholarly articles.