Dionysius the Areopagite Research Papers (original) (raw)
This Handbook contains forty essays by an international team of experts on the antecedents, the content, and the reception of the Dionysian corpus, a body of writings falsely ascribed to Dionysius the Areopagite, a convert of St Paul, but... more
This Handbook contains forty essays by an international team of experts on the antecedents, the content, and the reception of the Dionysian corpus, a body of writings falsely ascribed to Dionysius the Areopagite, a convert of St Paul, but actually written about 500 AD. The first section contains discussions of the genesis of the corpus, its Christian antecedents, and its Neoplatonic influences. In the second section, studies on the Syriac reception, the relation of the Syriac to the original Greek, and the editing of the Greek by John of Scythopolis are followed by contributions on the use of the corpus in such Byzantine authors as Maximus the Confessor, John of Damascus, Theodore the Studite, Niketas Stethatos, Gregory Palamas, and Gemistus Pletho. In the third section attention turns to the Western tradition, represented first by the translators John Scotus Eriugena, John Sarracenus, and Robert Grosseteste and then by such readers as the Victorines, the early Franciscans, Albert the Great, Aquinas, Bonaventure, Dante, the English mystics, Nicholas of Cusa, and Marsilio Ficino. The contributors to the final section survey the effect on Western readers of Lorenzo Valla's proof of the inauthenticity of the corpus and the subsequent exposure of its dependence on Proclus by Koch and Stiglmayr. The authors studied in this section include Erasmus, Luther and his followers, Vladimir Lossky, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Jacques Derrida, as well as modern thinkers of the Greek Church. Essays on Dionysius as a mystic and a political theologian conclude the volume.
The nucleus of this handbook was provided by the papers delivered at the conference which is reviewed in:
Deirdre Carabine and Dimitrios Pallis, "Corpus Dionysiacum Areopagiticum: Ancient and Modern Readers", Sobornost, 38:2 (2016), 61-67.
This volume has been reviewed by: (1) I.-M. Morariu in Studia Monastica, 64:1 (2022), 259-260 [https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=8582136]; (2) G. Riesgo in Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval, 29:1 (2022), 243-245 [in Spanish; cf. https://www.uco.es/ucopress/ojs/index.php/refime/article/view/14302/13533]; (3) F. Ivanović in Review of Biblical Literature (2023), 1-3 [https://www.sblcentral.org/home/bookDetails/1001250?search=ivanovic&type=0]; (4) C. Attanasio in Heythrop Journal, 64:2 (2023), 274-276 (part of the special issue edited by G. Flood under the title The Phenomenology of Religion as Philosophical Anthropology) [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/heyj.14181]; (5) C. Domnari in Methexis, 3:1 (2023), 175-182 (cf. also the remarks from pp. 6-7 of the editorial note) [https://methexisjournal.com/index.php/latest-issue-4/; cf. also the link https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1122171]; (6). K. Viglas in Byzantina Symmeikta, 33 (2023), 319-323 [https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/bz/article/view/34594/27227]; (7) P. Colizzi in Eastern Theological Journal, 9:1 (2023), 77-104 [https://easterntheologicaljournal.com/the-many-faces-of-dionysius-reflections-on-the-oxford-handbook-of-dionysius-the-areopagite]; (8) S. Klitenic Wear in Church History, 93:1 (2024), 146-148; (9) G. Kranidiotis in Anthropos, 13 (2024), 186-189 (in Greek) [https://www.anthrwpos.com/proigoumena-teuchi]
Pertinent entries can be found in the bibliographies published in: (1) S. Grisard/T. Hoffmann, eds, Livres publiés en philosophie médiévale entre 2020 et 2022, Sorbonne Université; Centre Pierre Abélard, Paris, 2022, 42-43 (cf. also https://abelard.hypotheses.org/files/2022/05/Livres-parus-2020-2022.pdf); (2) M. Constas/T. Pino, eds., "New, Recent, and Forthcoming Books in Patristics and Early Christianity" in https://www.pappaspatristicinstitute.com/post/new-recent-and-forthcoming-books-in-patristics-and-early-christianity (2022); (3) also in the bibl. of episode 105 ("Naming the Nameless: The Pseudo-Dionysius") posted by P. Adamson in https://historyofphilosophy.net/pseudo-dionysius (with upd. bibl. in 2022) - part of the project History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps [Section "Ancient Christianity"]; (4) in the bibl. of the reports posted by A. DeVille in https://easternchristianbooks.blogspot.com/2022/06/ps-denys-areopagite-unmasked-at-oxford.html?m=0 (2022); (5) in the bibl. cat. of the Index Theologicus: International Bibliography of Theology and Religious Studies edited by M. Dörr et al. (with bibl. details of the book) for the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and posted in https://ixtheo.de/Record/1786553597#details (2022); (6) in the bibl. cat. of the Regesta Imperii edited by K. Herbers, S. Krieb et al. (with details about the book and the entirety of its chapters) for the Academy of Sciences and Literature of Mainz in http://opac.regesta-imperii.de/lang_en/anzeige.php?sammelwerk=The+Oxford+handbook+of+Dionysius+the+Areopagite&pk=2847099 (2022); (7) M. Dumont, ed., Bulletin d'informations, vol. 23, Sorbonne Université; Institut de Recherche pour l'Étude des Religions, Paris, 2022, most of the chapters from the volume are included as entries to various thematic catalogues in different places of this bulletin; (8) P. Nagy, ed., Wordtrade Reviews, 103 (2023), Chapel Hill, NC, 104-110 (cf. https://www.wordtrade.com/spotlight/103febWT2023.pdf); (9) in the bibl. notices found in C. Anderson/J. Maschue, eds., "Brief Notices", in Speculum 98:3 (2023), 947-948; (10) E. Plousos, ed., "Epistemonikon Analogion" [i.e. scholarly bibl. cat.], in Theologia, 94:2 (2023), 259 (cf. https://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/press/theologia/index.asp); (11) K. Viglas, ed., "Resources on Byzantine Philosophy: Representative Fathers-Christian Thinkers" in https://katelisviglas.com/resources-on-byzantine-philosophy/webography-on-byzantine-philosophy/byzantine-philosophers/representative-fathers-of-patristic-thought/ (2023); (12) in the bibl. cat of the Asian Research Index posted in: https://tocs.asianindexing.com/book.php?id=1673529974721&title=The%20Oxford%20Handbook%20of%20Dionysius%20the%20Areopagite%20(Oxford%20Handbooks)&q= (2023); (13) in the bibl. cat. of the Grafiati Bibliographies posted in: https://www.grafiati.com/en/literature-selections/dionysius-the-areopagite/book/ (2023); (14) in the bibl. cat. of the rev. ed. of the article K. Corrigan/L.M. Harrington, "Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy in https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pseudo-dionysius-areopagite/ (2023); (15) in the digital cat. of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens [Library of the School of Philosophy] in https://opac.seab.gr/search~S6*gre/X?searchtype=X&searchscope=6&SORT=D&searcharg=oxford+handbook+of+dionysius&m= (2023); (16) in the bibl. cat. of the Institute of Ancient Sciences and Techniques for the University of Franche-Comté posted in https://www.cairn.info/revue-dialogues-d-histoire-ancienne-2023-1-page-417.htm (2023); (17) in the bibl. cat. of the Système Universitaire de Documentation posted in https://www.sudoc.abes.fr/cbs/DB=2.1//SRCH?IKT=12&TRM=262475839&COOKIE=U10178,Klecteurweb,D2.1,E8a068cb6-1,I250,B341720009+,SY,QDEF,A%5C9008+1,,J,H2-26,,29,,34,,39,,44,,49-50,,53-78,,80-87,NLECTEUR+PSI,R10.34.103.180,FN (2024); (18) in the bibl. notices found in A. Berger, et al., eds., "Bibliographische Notizen", Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 117:2 (2024), 253-624
Individual chapters from it are also found in thematic bibliographies. See e.g. in: https://filonalejandria.com/bogdan-g-bucur-2022-philo-and-clement-of-alexandria-en-mark-edwards-dimitrios-pallis-y-georgios-steires-eds-the-oxford-handbook-of-dionysius-the-areopagite-oxford-univer/ (ed. P. Druille et al., on Philo of Alexandria); https://biblicalresources.wordpress.com/2022/04/05/two-handbook-articles/ (ed. T. Seland, on Philo of Alexandria); "Bibliography Section: Supplement", in Studia Philonica Annual 35 (2023), 324 (eds. D. T. Runia, M. Alesso, E. Birnbaum et al., about Philo of Alexandria); https://matthieu.cassin.org/bibliographie-gregoire-de-nysse/etudes-et-articles/ (ed.: M. Cassin, on Gregory of Nyssa); https://hugoye.bethmardutho.org/article/hv26n1bib (eds. S. Minov/G. Kessel, about Syriac studies) [printed as "Recent Publications on Syriac Topics: 2022", in Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 26:1 (2023): 189-283, here pp. 224 and 254]; https://brill.com/view/journals/ywml/83/1/article-p353_17.xml?language=en (ed. M. Soranzo, on the Italian Renaissance); https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/890229 (on the European Renaissance in general)