Adrian's Isagoge and the dianoia of scripture

Toom, Tarmo 2023. Adrian's Isagoge and the dianoia of scripture. Journal for Late Antique Religion and Culture 16 , pp. 32-49. 10.18573/jlarc.134

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Abstract

A fifth-century handbook on Scripture and its interpretation, Adrian’s Isagōgē in sacras scripturas, is the only known and extant introductio in Greek which represents the Antiochean exegetical tradition. This treatise, which is available in two recensions, is largely an explanation of the stylistic idiosyncrasies of Scripture’s God-talk. Although Adrian acknowledges the fact that Scripture uses allegory to say various things (i.e., the compositional allegory), he discourages the use of allegory for interpreting that which Scripture says (i.e., interpretative allegory). This paper provides a critical assessment of Adrian’s hermeneutical advice and argues that the proposed disambiguation methods are not really sufficient for addressing the question of adequate interpretation of Scripture

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Cardiff University Press
ISSN:	1754-517X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	8 March 2023
Date of Acceptance:	20 December 2022
Last Modified:	03 May 2023 08:50
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/157613

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