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Creation of the Universe and Creation of Man in Cyril of Alexandria’s Early Works on the Pentateuch
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Barbara Villani
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9. Juli 2022
Abstract
After some preliminary remarks on Cyril’s two works on the Pentateuch, De adoratione and Glaphyra, as well as the σκοπός of the biblical text, this contribution deals with Cyril’s reading of the biblical account of the creation of the universe and creation of man. In contrast to other interpreters, e. g., the Cappadocian fathers, the Alexandrian patriarch does not show interest in a detailed explanation of cosmogony based on natural philosophy. He rather emphasizes the limits of the human mind in understanding the details of the act of God’s creation of the world. According to Cyril’s understanding of the goal of Moses’ writings, his exegesis of Genesis focuses especially on the creation of man. Convinced that Moses wrote his books as moral instruction to lead men to God, Cyril interprets selected parts of Genesis in a typological way in order to show man’s journey from the fall into sin to the restoration of a holy life.
Acknowledgement
I would like to express my gratitude to Fr. Benedict Jonak OP for his careful revision of the English text.
Published Online: 2022-07-09
Published in Print: 2022-07-26
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- Aufsätze
- Editorial
- Preface
- Genesis 1 in theBook of Jubilees
- Genesis 1 and the Beginnings of Gnosticism
- The Unknown Gnostic Text of Deir el-Balaizah
- Origen’s Understanding of Genesis 1:1–5
- Eusebius on “Double Creation” (Praeparatio evangelica 11,23–25)
- Basil: Philosophical Literacy Meets Biblical Literalism?
- The Influence of Plotinus on Basil of Caesarea’s Homiliae in hexaemeron
- Basil’s Knowledge of Astronomy
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- Rezensionen
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Schlagwörter für diesen Artikel
Cosmogony;
Creation of Man;
Adam-Christ typology;
Cyril of Alexandria;
Pentateuch
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Titelseiten
- Aufsätze
- Editorial
- Preface
- Genesis 1 in theBook of Jubilees
- Genesis 1 and the Beginnings of Gnosticism
- The Unknown Gnostic Text of Deir el-Balaizah
- Origen’s Understanding of Genesis 1:1–5
- Eusebius on “Double Creation” (Praeparatio evangelica 11,23–25)
- Basil: Philosophical Literacy Meets Biblical Literalism?
- The Influence of Plotinus on Basil of Caesarea’s Homiliae in hexaemeron
- Basil’s Knowledge of Astronomy
- Creation of the Universe and Creation of Man in Cyril of Alexandria’s Early Works on the Pentateuch
- Rezensionen
- Nienke M. Vos and Albert C. Geljon, eds.:Rituals in Early Christianity. New Perspectives on Tradition and Transformation, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 164, Leiden (Brill) 2021, XII + 363 pp. + 16 illustrations, ISBN 978-90-04-44097-5, € 25,–; $ 25,– (hardback).
- David G. Hunter: Marriage and Sexuality in Early Christianity, Ad Fontes: Sources of Early Christian Thought 5, Minneapolis (Fortress Press) 2018, ISBN 978-1-5064 - 4593-9; xiii + 272 S., $ 24.00
- Piet Hein Hupsch:The Glory of the Spirit in Gregory of Nyssa’s Adversus Macedonianos. Commentary and Systematic-Theological Synthesis, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 163, Leiden (Brill) 2020, 408 pp., ISBN 978-90-04-42227-8, € 138,–.
- Matthieu Pignot:The Catechumenate in Late Antique Africa (4th–6th Centuries). Augustine of Hippo, His Contemporaries and Early Reception, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 162, Leiden/Boston (Brill) 2020, 414 S., ISBN 978-90-04-43189-8, € 132,–; $ 159,–.
- Gina Derhard: Dynamiken der Briefform bei Hieronymus, Orbis antiquus 56, Münster (Aschendorff) 2021, 375 S., ISBN 978-3-402-14467-1, € 53,–.
- Aaron M. Butts/Kristian S. Heal/Robert A. Kitchen, eds.:Narsai. Rethinking his Work and his World, Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum 121, Tübingen (Mohr Siebeck) 2020, 290 S., ISBN 978-3-16-159349-9/eISBN 978-3-16-159808-1, € 89,–.
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