REMARKS ON PSELLOS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PATRISTIC EXEGETICAL TRADITION IN HIS “THEOLOGICA”

Authors

  • Georgios DIAMANTOPOULOS Faculty of Theology, School of Social Theology and Christian Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Email: vgeorgios_diamantopoulos@yahoo.gr

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbto.2021.1.02

Keywords:

Michael Psellos, Theologica, Hermeneutics, Proclus, Nicetas Stethatos

Abstract

In this paper I explore Psellos’ attitude towards the Church Fathers’ exegesis with the focus on Theol. 1. 1 Gautier. Relative Theologica are also examined. His critical arguments and his enthusiasm for Proclus’ hermeneutics are analyzed systematic comparative and are contextualized through historical-comparative methods in the eleventh century’s conflict between philosophers and mystics.

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DIAMANTOPOULOS, G. (2021). REMARKS ON PSELLOS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PATRISTIC EXEGETICAL TRADITION IN HIS “THEOLOGICA”. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Orthodoxa, 66(1), 39–80. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbto.2021.1.02

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