The problematic text of Athenagoras of Athens's leg. 12.3: A proposed emendation
Journal article
White, Devin L.. (2016). The problematic text of Athenagoras of Athens's leg. 12.3: A proposed emendation. Vigiliae Christinane. 70(3), pp. 319 - 334. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700720-12341273
Authors | White, Devin L. |
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Abstract | This study argues that Athenagoras of Athens’s Leg. 12.3 contains a lacuna. A vital clause should be emended to read ὑπὸ µόνου δὲ παραπεµπόµενοι τοῦ τὸν ὄντως θεὸν καὶ τὸν παρ’αὐτοῦ λόγον [πνεύµατος] εἰδέναι. The argument proceeds in three stages. First, an overview of the text, context, and history of interpretation of Leg. 12.3 will demonstrate that the text contains a lacuna. Second, a brief survey of Athenagoras’s religious epistemology will argue that πνεύµατος was the most likely original word. Finally, an analysis of the Spirit’s role in Leg. 7.2-3 will demonstrate that the reconstructed text of Leg. 12.3 is consistent with Athenagoras’s pneumatology, which relied upon traditional Jewish exegesis of the creation narratives. |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Vigiliae Christinane |
Journal citation | 70 (3), pp. 319 - 334 |
ISSN | 0042-6032 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1163/15700720-12341273 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84978245348 |
Page range | 319 - 334 |
Research Group | Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/87yz4/the-problematic-text-of-athenagoras-of-athens-s-leg-12-3-a-proposed-emendation
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