ποικιλόνωτος ἀνήρ: Clothing metaphors and Nonnus’ ambiguous Christology in the Paraphrase of the Gospel according to John

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Autor(a) principal: Hadjittofi, Fotini
Data de Publicação: 2017
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/29718
Resumo: This article examines three passages in Nonnus' Paraphrase of the Gospel according to John (19.21-25; 19.118-132; 20.81-82), all of which mention pieces of clothing in the context of Christ's passion and resurrection. It argues that Nonnus allows, and indeed encourages, both literal readings and metaphorical interpretations of the garments as stand-ins for Christ's body. The readings which do not turn garments into symbols of the body would be more in agreement with the Orthodox theology of Nonnus' time, while the metaphorical interpretations would be more amenable to a heterodox (Origenist or Nestorian) construal. The poem's ambivalence in the employment of clothing metaphors indicates an attitude that is less strictly Alexandrian / Orthodox and more polyphonic than has so far been assumed.
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spelling ποικιλόνωτος ἀνήρ: Clothing metaphors and Nonnus’ ambiguous Christology in the Paraphrase of the Gospel according to JohnNonnus of PanopolisBiblical poetryThis article examines three passages in Nonnus' Paraphrase of the Gospel according to John (19.21-25; 19.118-132; 20.81-82), all of which mention pieces of clothing in the context of Christ's passion and resurrection. It argues that Nonnus allows, and indeed encourages, both literal readings and metaphorical interpretations of the garments as stand-ins for Christ's body. The readings which do not turn garments into symbols of the body would be more in agreement with the Orthodox theology of Nonnus' time, while the metaphorical interpretations would be more amenable to a heterodox (Origenist or Nestorian) construal. The poem's ambivalence in the employment of clothing metaphors indicates an attitude that is less strictly Alexandrian / Orthodox and more polyphonic than has so far been assumed.Repositório da Universidade de LisboaHadjittofi, Fotini2017-11-14T11:28:48Z20182018-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/29718engHadjittofi, F. ‘ποικιλόνωτος ἀνήρ: Clothing metaphors and Nonnus’ ambiguous Christology in the Paraphrase of the Gospel according to John’, Vigiliae Christianae 72 (2018) 165-183.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:21:54Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/29718Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:45:30.802186Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv ποικιλόνωτος ἀνήρ: Clothing metaphors and Nonnus’ ambiguous Christology in the Paraphrase of the Gospel according to John
title ποικιλόνωτος ἀνήρ: Clothing metaphors and Nonnus’ ambiguous Christology in the Paraphrase of the Gospel according to John
spellingShingle ποικιλόνωτος ἀνήρ: Clothing metaphors and Nonnus’ ambiguous Christology in the Paraphrase of the Gospel according to John
Hadjittofi, Fotini
Nonnus of Panopolis
Biblical poetry
title_short ποικιλόνωτος ἀνήρ: Clothing metaphors and Nonnus’ ambiguous Christology in the Paraphrase of the Gospel according to John
title_full ποικιλόνωτος ἀνήρ: Clothing metaphors and Nonnus’ ambiguous Christology in the Paraphrase of the Gospel according to John
title_fullStr ποικιλόνωτος ἀνήρ: Clothing metaphors and Nonnus’ ambiguous Christology in the Paraphrase of the Gospel according to John
title_full_unstemmed ποικιλόνωτος ἀνήρ: Clothing metaphors and Nonnus’ ambiguous Christology in the Paraphrase of the Gospel according to John
title_sort ποικιλόνωτος ἀνήρ: Clothing metaphors and Nonnus’ ambiguous Christology in the Paraphrase of the Gospel according to John
author Hadjittofi, Fotini
author_facet Hadjittofi, Fotini
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Nonnus of Panopolis
Biblical poetry
topic Nonnus of Panopolis
Biblical poetry
description This article examines three passages in Nonnus' Paraphrase of the Gospel according to John (19.21-25; 19.118-132; 20.81-82), all of which mention pieces of clothing in the context of Christ's passion and resurrection. It argues that Nonnus allows, and indeed encourages, both literal readings and metaphorical interpretations of the garments as stand-ins for Christ's body. The readings which do not turn garments into symbols of the body would be more in agreement with the Orthodox theology of Nonnus' time, while the metaphorical interpretations would be more amenable to a heterodox (Origenist or Nestorian) construal. The poem's ambivalence in the employment of clothing metaphors indicates an attitude that is less strictly Alexandrian / Orthodox and more polyphonic than has so far been assumed.
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