Julian of Aeclanum as a biblical exegete

Lössl, Josef ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5829-6500 2025. Julian of Aeclanum as a biblical exegete. Dupont, Anthony, Malavasi, Giulio and Matz, Brian, eds. The Oxford Handbook of the Pelagian Controversy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 296-314. (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192855398.013.0019)

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Abstract

This chapter introduces Julian of Aeclanum, the biblical exegete. The point of departure is a brief overview of characteristic exegetical and hermeneutical techniques deployed by Julian in his extant writings against Augustine. Further sections focus on the biblical commentaries that are attributed to Julian, on Hosea, Joel and Amos, the Song of Songs, entitled On Love (De amore), and the book of Job. Recognizing the hypothetical nature of these attributions to Julian, the chapter argues in favour of their probability and potential for restoring a more rounded intellectual persona of Julian of Aeclanum as a Late Antique ecclesiastical author, who is defined not solely by his polemics against Augustine and his Pelagian leanings but also by his own genuine and original contribution to Latin Patristic hermeneutics, theology, and exegesis.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BS The Bible D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World P Language and Literature > PA Classical philology
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISBN:	9780192855398
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2025 09:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/176656

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