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The Intertextual Reception of Genesis 1-3 in Irenaeus of Lyons

The Intertextual Reception of Genesis 1-3 in Irenaeus of Lyons

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Series: Bible in Ancient Christianity, Book 8

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ISBN10: 9004289909
ISBN13: 9789004289901
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Published: May 27 2015
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
In The Intertextual Reception of Genesis 1-3 in Irenaeus of Lyons, Stephen Presley explores the intertextual nature of Irenaeus' interpretation of Genesis 1-3 by drawing on contemporary discussions on the topic. Irenaeus interprets the creation accounts, Presley argues, in continuity with the rest of the scriptural witness through a series of reading strategies including: a literary sense, prophetic fulfillment, typology, philological associations, organizational strategies, narratival arrangements, prosopological interpretation, illustrative identification, and general-to-particular reasoning. Irenaeus' perspective competes with his Gnostic interlocutors who utilize similar methods of interpretation, but fashion distinctive textual relationships between Genesis 1-3 and other texts. These reading strategies circumscribe precisely how Irenaeus' intertextual exegesis is applied to these creation texts within the integrative structure of his theological perspective.

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