Peter Anthony explores how visionary elements in Luke's Gospel had a particular influence on early interpretation of the Transfiguration, by examining the rich hermeneutical traditions that emerged - particularly in the Latin West - as the Transfiguration was first depicted visually in art.
Anthony begins by comparing the visual and visionary culture of antiquity with that of the present, and their differing interpretations of the Transfiguration. He then examines the Transfiguration texts in the synoptic gospels and their interpretation in modern scholarship, and the reception of the Transfiguration in 2 Peter, the Apocalypse of Peter and the Acts of Peter, Tertullian and Origen. Proceeding to look at interpretations found in the Greek East and the Latin West, Anthony finally discusses the earliest visual depictions of the Transfiguration from the sixth century onward, drawn from a wealth of different art forms. Anthony concludes that early commentators' and artists' understanding of how we see and visualise, and therefore, how the Transfiguration was apprehended, is closer to that of the writers of the New Testament than many modern interpreters' is.
| ISBN: | 9780567699794 |
| Publication date: | 28th December 2023 |
| Author: | Peter Anthony |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury T&T Clark an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Library of New Testament Studies |
| Genres: |
Christianity Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts History of art European history |
Peter Anthony explores how visionary elements in Luke's Gospel had a particular influence on early interpretation of the Transfiguration, by examining the rich hermeneutical traditions that emerged - particularly in the Latin West - as the Transfiguration was first depicted visually in art.Anthony begins by comparing the visual and visionary culture of antiquity with that of the present, and their differing interpretations of the Transfiguration. He then examines the Transfiguration texts in the synoptic gospels and their interpretation in modern scholarship, and the reception of the Transfiguration in 2 Peter, the Apocalypse of Peter and the Acts of Peter, Tertullian and Origen.
Patristic Perspectives on Luke's Transfiguration features in the following genres: Christianity, Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, History of art, European history
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Patristic Perspectives on Luke's Transfiguration was written by Peter Anthony and published by Bloomsbury T&T Clark an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Patristic Perspectives on Luke's Transfiguration has 256 pages
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