CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Minets, Yuliya |
|---|---|
| Title | Constructing Ideals of Christian Life: Strategies of Interpretation of the Bible in the Lausiac History of Paladius of Hellenopolis |
| Summary | In the Lausiac History, Palladius, the bishop of Hellenopolis (363/364 – 431) used and interpreted different biblical texts for presentation ideals and concepts of exemplary Christian lives, sometimes involving scriptural quotations and references in new rhetorical constructions and introducing new meanings by changes of the text and context where they were used. The previous studies on of the ways and methods in which biblical texts were interpreted by some Eastern Christian writers focused mostly on the Western part of the Christian world and on Latin writings; similar research on the Greek texts produced by Christian authors in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity are, to the best of my knowledge, not too well represented in the existing scholarship. This study traces how biblical quotations and allusions were used; what ideals and concepts were constructed; how it depends on the purpose and the target audience of the text; how it corresponds with the previous Christian authors and works, especially those which could influenced on Palladius’ views. The analysis allows to identify the place of the Lausiac History in its contemporary Christian discourse and understand the intellectual discussions in which different levels of this discourse were elaborated. |
| Supervisor | Gaspar, Cristian Nicolae; Gaul, Niels Henrik |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/minets_yuliya.pdf |
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