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Diodore the Theologian: Pronoia in His Commentary of Psalms 1-50

Diodore the Theologian: Pronoia in His Commentary of Psalms 1-50

Wayman, Benjamin

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Series: Studia Traditionis Theologiae, Book 15

Literary CriticismBible StudiesGeneral Christianity

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ISBN10: 2503550509
ISBN13: 9782503550503
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: Jan 23 2014
Pages: 287
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
This study examines the role of theology in the biblical commentary of a fourth-century pastor and teacher. The notion that theology and scripture are inextricably connected in early Christian thinking has become a scholarly commonplace in contemporary patristic scholarship. But the nature of the connection has been less than clear, particularly with respect to the commentary on Psalms 1-50 (ca. 372) composed by Diodore of Tarsus (d. ca. 394). Despite the fact that Diodore identifies pronoia (providence) as the central doctrinal theme of the Psalms in his Prologue to the Commentary, scholars have largely overlooked Diodores engagement with pronoia in his exegesis of the Psalms. This study argues that a specific account of pronoia supplies Diodores primary theological framework for interpreting the Psalms by generating the questions he asks of the text and shaping his view of other themes in the Psalms. For Diodore, pronoia is more than a theme he identifies in the Psalms. Rather, the nature of God's pronoia is for Diodore the main doctrinal question posed by the Psalter, to which his exegesis of the Psalms provides the answer. That answer, then, is a view of pronoia which can be described as cooperative, reciprocal, and immanent.

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