Early Christian interpretations of the resurrection of Lazarus
Автор: Nadezhkin Alexey M.
Журнал: Проблемы исторической поэтики @poetica-pro
Статья в выпуске: 2 т.16, 2018 года.
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This article investigates the interpretation of the raising of Lazarus in early Christian literature. The author presents new data taken from the writings of St. Athanasius and other untranslated theological sources by S. Cyrill of Jerusalem, Pseudo-Clement, Didymus the Blind. The research focuses on the interpretation of the motif of the raising of Lazarus in Byzantine literature of the 2d-4th centuries. The research question concerns the writings of the authors of the given period that contain the interpretation of this evangelic motif. The author comes to the conclusion that the raising of Lazarus is an important theme in the writings of early Christian theologists. In Pseudo-Clement's writings the name of Lazarus is nothing but mentioned for making the work more plausible, while St. Athanasius deeply reflects over the 11th chapter of the Gospel of John, seeking for anti-arian arguments in it. Didymus the Blind leaves classical some typical commentaries on the resurrection of Lazarus, thus, disclosing the ties of the Biblical narration with the Letter of Paul to the Romans. St. Cyrill of Jerusalem in his Catechesis emphasizes the fact of faith of Martha and Mary, Lazarus's sisters, who saved him.
Patristics, early christianity, history of church, resurrection of lazarus, interpretation, gospel
Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/147226166
IDR: 147226166 | DOI: 10.15393/j9.art.2018.5061