Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Hilary of Poitiers’ “Ruled” Exegesis in His De Trinitate : A Case-Study of John 1:1–2

Hilary of Poitiers’ “Ruled” Exegesis in His De Trinitate : A Case-Study of John 1:1–2 Abstract This article studies the role of theological preunderstanding in interpreting the text of Scripture in the middle of the fourth century CE. It investigates Hilary of Poitier’s use of Scripture in Trinitarian controversies, his hermeneutical approach in his De Trinitate , and his theological exegesis of John 1:1–2. It is contended that Hilary’s pro-Nicene theology determined his particular reading of the opening verses of the Gospel of John. The article demonstrates how this exactly worked. Encountering the exegesis of Arius/‘Arians’/Latin Homoeans, Hilary attempted to show that the Son was eternally born from the Father and therefore, one could not speak about the temporal or even pre-temporal beginning of the Son’s existence. The Son already “was” “in the beginning.” http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Bible and its Reception de Gruyter

Hilary of Poitiers’ “Ruled” Exegesis in His De Trinitate : A Case-Study of John 1:1–2

Toom, Tarmo
Journal of the Bible and its Reception , Volume 3 (1) – May 1, 2016
Download PDF
25 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/de-gruyter/hilary-of-poitiers-ruled-exegesis-in-his-de-trinitate-a-case-study-of-wGy7ppnClK
Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 by the
ISSN
2329-440X
eISSN
2329-4434
DOI
10.1515/jbr-2016-1011
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Abstract This article studies the role of theological preunderstanding in interpreting the text of Scripture in the middle of the fourth century CE. It investigates Hilary of Poitier’s use of Scripture in Trinitarian controversies, his hermeneutical approach in his De Trinitate , and his theological exegesis of John 1:1–2. It is contended that Hilary’s pro-Nicene theology determined his particular reading of the opening verses of the Gospel of John. The article demonstrates how this exactly worked. Encountering the exegesis of Arius/‘Arians’/Latin Homoeans, Hilary attempted to show that the Son was eternally born from the Father and therefore, one could not speak about the temporal or even pre-temporal beginning of the Son’s existence. The Son already “was” “in the beginning.”

Journal

Journal of the Bible and its Reception – de Gruyter

Published: May 1, 2016

There are no references for this article.