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Book SynopsisFrom John of Apamea to Mark's Gospel: Two Dialogues with Thomasios: A Hermeneutical Reading of Horáo, Blépo, and Theoréo combines two theological fields of investigation. The first is related to the Patristic theology of Eastern Syrian Christianity and the second resides in the field of Biblical theology. The research articulates the two fields, which complement each other through a logic exposition in that the theological conceptions of John of Apamea serve as the hermeneutical reading of the verbs of visual perception in the Markan Gospel.
The first part expounds the problem related to the quest of the historical John of Apamea, an overview of the problem of his identity based upon the most important critical works attributed to him, proposing a plausible solution. The notion of the spiritual perception of the soul is intrinsically connected with the notion of spiritual exegesis and spiritual senses, essential thoughts in the theology of the dialogues with Thomasios. Apply
Table of ContentsContents: John of Apamea’s Writings and Identity – John of Apamea’s Significant Theological Notions – John of Apamea and the Senses of the Soul – Spiritual Exegesis – Mark’s Vocabulary: The Literal Semantic Level – From Littera to Theoria: Narrative Portrait of Jesus’ Seeing – The Seeing of the Demons – The Visual Perception of the Women: Theōréō.
