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Recensione a Andrea Annese, Tra Riforma e patristica. Il metodismo in Italia dall’Unità al caso Buonaiuti (Viella,2018)
No full textRecensione al volume di Andrea Annese, Tra Riforma e patristica. Il metodismo in Italia dall’Unità al caso Buonaiuti (Viella, 2018
Loisy, Harnack, Troeltsch and the Comparative Study of Religions: Notes on a Recent Volume
No full textAlfred Loisy (1857–1940) is a key figure for the history of Christianity and the history of exegesis. While his involvement in the so-called “Modernist crisis” and his role as a Biblical scholar have been the subject of several publications, his role in the history of religions and in the historical development of religious comparativism is far less investigated. A recent
monograph by Annelies Lannoy (Alfred Loisy and the Making of History of Religions, 2020) is now helping to fill this scholarly lacuna. In the present article, I offer some considerations on Lannoy’s book, taking it as a starting point to develop some additional thoughts on the theoretical and methodological connections that Loisy has with John Henry Newman and
with Ernst Troeltsch. In particular, I address Troeltsch’s “relativization” of Christianity and its relation to religious comparativism. I also recall the pivotal debate between Loisy and Harnack
Il Dialogo del Salvatore (NHC III,5) e la “costellazione giovannista”
No full textThis contribution analyzes the Dialogue of the Savior (NHC III,5) in the light of the concept of a “Johannist Constellation” of texts, proposed by Mauro Pesce and Adriana Destro. Selected passages from the Dialogue are investigated to verify whether this text can be included in the Johannist Constellation, by considering (in particular) cosmology, Christology, soteriology, and the themes of heavenly ascent and mystical vision. The gospels of John and Thomas, in view of their connections with the Dialogue, take on an important role in the analysis
Revisiting Gos. Thom. 61: Between “Old” and “New” Philology
No full textThis introductory article contextualizes the essays published in this ASE issue by Daniele Tripaldi and René Falkenberg on Gos. Thom. 61 within the current debate on the “Old Philology” and the “New Philology,” as well as on the Nag Hammadi Codices. It also provides some brief methodological considerations on the study of the Gospel of Thomas and other early Christian texts
Rappresentazioni della trasmissione scritta della memoria in alcuni testi cristiani del II secolo (Apocrifo di Giacomo, Frammento di Muratori, Epistula Apostolorum)
No full textDiversi scritti protocristiani presentano non solo differenti memorie relative a parole e azioni di Gesù di Nazaret, ma anche differenti rappresentazioni dell’atto di messa per iscritto di tali memorie ovvero della trasmissione scritta della memoria. La costruzione della memoria delle origini, dunque anche della propria identità, per il gruppo (o gli autori) connesso con un determinato testo, concerne non solo la selezione delle memorie trasmesse finalizzata all’identificazione
di uno specifico contenuto kerygmatico, ma anche la narrazione
del quando, come e perché determinate memorie sono state trasposte in
scrittura. Questo contributo intende focalizzarsi sulla questione specifica della rappresentazione della messa per iscritto delle memorie, evidenziandone alcune attestazioni in scritti databili al II secolo, di differente origine: l’Apocrifo di Giacomo, il Frammento di Muratori e l’Epistola degli Apostoli
From Risorgimento and Reform to Wesley and Revival. Methodist Strategies in Post-Unitary Italy, 1861-1890
No full textThe first officially appointed Methodist missionaries arrived in Italy in the context of Risorgimento's completion, from 1861. Their strategies developed from the attempt to support the cause for a unified Italian Protestant Church to the 'denominational turn', which resulted in the establishment of two Italian Methodist Churches. Publications played a pivotal role: both the Wesleyans and the Episcopal Methodists spread information about Methodist history and doctrines through specific books, translations of John Wesley's works, the "Doctrines and Discipline", and magazines. Contrary to what has often been argued, nineteenth-century Italian Methodism-far from dealing just with practical issues and social work-had a significant interest for Wesley's theology and the Evangelical Revival
Sponde. Note su metodo storico, teologia, esegesi
No full textL'articolo propone una presentazione dei principi metodologici della storia del cristianesimo e dell'esegesi storico-critica, confrontandoli con quelli della teologia. Vengono presi in considerazione, in particolare, quattro nuclei tematici o concetti: la "fede", la "rivelazione", il metodo storico-critico e il rapporto fra storia e teologia; a questi si intreccia la questione della ricerca sul Gesù storico
The Sources of the Gospel of Thomas: Methodological Issues and the Case of the Pauline Epistles (With a Focus on Th 17 // 1 Cor 2:9)
No full textWithin the relevant literature there have been different (often conflicting) approaches to the issue of the sources of the Gospel of Thomas. This topic is connected to the relationship between Th and the Synoptics (and other early Christian texts)—hence, to the vexata quaestio of Th’s “dependence”/“independence.” The article begins with some methodological considerations on the composition and sources of Th, also trying to provide a list of the sources that have been proposed for this gospel. The second part examines the possibility of a relationship between Th and the Pauline epistles, a theme which is emerging with new perspectives in the research on Th’s sources and parallels: some of Th’s logia seem to have connections with certain Pauline trajectories and texts. The final part focuses on Th 17 and 1 Cor 2:9, also exploring their relationship with some parallel texts (e.g. 1 Clem. 34.8, Turfan M 789, and 1 John 1:1), in order to investigate the possible sources of Th 17
Il Vangelo secondo Tommaso e il platonismo. Considerazioni in margine a un recente volume
No full textThis article aims to scrutinize the hypothesis, proposed by some researchers, of Platonic or Platonizing influences in the Gospel of Thomas. The observations developed here are primarily stimulated by Ivan Miroshnikov’s recent volume, "The Gospel of Thomas and Plato. A Study of the Impact of Platonism on the 'Fifth Gospel'" (Leiden: Brill, 2018). After summarizing Miroshnikov’s theses, this article presents a series of observations in dialogue with them and other studies. The issue of the extent and character of possible Platonic influences on the Fifth Gospel will be examined, as well as the diffusion and reception of philosophical doctrines in a given cultural context (from the viewpoint of historical-religious trajectories), in particular in early Syriac Christian context
The Diverse Reception of the Gospel of Thomas in Late Antique Egypt
No full textLa diffusione e ricezione del "Vangelo secondo Tommaso" nell’Egitto tardoantico è documentata sia dalle testimonianze materiali rappresentate dai manoscritti (P. Oxy. 1, 654 e 655; NHC II,2) sia dalle citazioni o allusioni ai logia tommasini rinvenibili nella letteratura successiva proveniente da diversi
autori, gruppi e tradizioni, che diversamente hanno trasmesso, usato (o rifiutato) e (re)interpretato questo vangelo.
Dopo aver brevemente richiamato i manoscritti che trasmettono "Tommaso", questo articolo esamina una selezione delle (possibili) testimonianze
letterarie per fornire una panoramica dell’ampia e diversificata ricezione di "Tommaso" in Egitto dal secondo al quinto secolo d.C. Testi dalla letteratura
gnostica, patristica e monastica vengono qui analizzati per verificare se possono mostrare un influsso di "Tommaso", o semplicemente rappresentano casi di presenza di temi e concetti simili.The circulation and reception of the Gospel of Thomas in late antique Egypt is documented both by the material evidence of the manuscripts (P.
Oxy. 1, 654, and 655; NHC II,2) and by the quotations of or allusions to Thomas' logia in later literature coming from diverse authors, groups, and
traditions, which differently transmitted, used (or rejected), and (re-)interpreted this gospel.
After a brief reference to the manuscripts transmitting Thomas, this article examines a selection of the (possible) literary testimonia to provide an
overview of the broad and diverse reception of Thomas in Egypt from the second to the fifth century CE. Selected texts from Gnostic, Patristic, and
monastic literature are analyzed here to verify whether they could show some influence of Thomas upon them, or they simply represent instances of the
presence of similar themes and concepts
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