scholarly journals Scientific Theories in the Exegesis of the Book of Genesis and Christological Polemics in the First Half of the Sixth Century: Methods of Argumentation using ἀναλογία and παράδειγμα

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 789-813
Author(s):  
Oleg N. Nogovitsin
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Models ◽  
Sixth Century ◽  
Scientific Theories ◽  
Traditional Methods ◽  
In Christ ◽  
Composite Nature ◽  
Book Of Genesis ◽  
Rhetorical Argumentation

This article analyzes the use of scientific theories in the exegesis of the Book of Genesis and in Christological dispute between Diophysites and Monophysites in the first half of the sixth century, focusing on the conditions under which traditional methods of rhetorical argumentation could be applied and on using scientific models for explaining the phenomena of the created nature in order to clarify the aporias from the Book of Genesis and Incarnation. The argument using παράδειγμα (example) and ἀναλογία (analogy), which belonged to the repertory of methods from the Neoplatonic scholarly tradition, made it possible to discuss such heterogeneous phenomena as created and non-created as well as divine and human in theological texts by providing the rules for correct descriptions and for verifying their theological and philosophical accuracy. These two methods are analyzed against the background of Neoplatonic commentaries of Aristotle, while their application to theology is viewed through polemical argument in John Philoponus and Leontius of Byzantium. The Monophysite Philoponus used the argument from ἀναλογία to defend the Christological formula of one composite nature of Christ, while the Chalcedonian Leontius of Byzantium employed the method of argumentation from παράδειγμα for defending the presence of two natures in Christ.

Scientific Models and the Semantic View of Scientific Theories

2005 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 1287-1298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Demetris P. Portides
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Models ◽  
Semantic View ◽  
Scientific Theories

scholarly journals Paul’s method of influence in 1 Thessalonians

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bruce Button
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
Good News ◽  
Scientific Models ◽  
Biblical Text ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
In Christ ◽  
Social Scientific

Although the field of leadership in the New Testament and in the Pauline Letters has receiveda great deal of attention, there are still many issues over which scholars disagree. It is proposedin this article that the ongoing use of insights from social-scientific models can help to clarifysome of these issues. Those models should not be used in such a way as to impose themselveson the biblical text or the historical data, but to clarify concepts, create analytical categoriesand sensitise the New Testament scholar to new questions which can be asked of the text in itshistorical context. The article seeks insights from the power/interaction model of French andRaven, and analyses 1 Thessalonians in terms of some categories and concepts coming fromthe model. It is found that the primary way in which Paul sought to influence the Thessaloniancommunity was by preaching the gospel and living a life that conformed to its values. Thegospel as the good news of God’s salvation in Christ is God’s means of creating faith in andtransforming the lives of those whom he calls.

Making Sense of the Formula of Chalcedon: the Cappadocians and Aristotle in Leontius of Byzantium’s Contra Nestorianos et Eutychianos

2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 484-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Krausmüller
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Sixth Century ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Ontological Model ◽  
In Christ ◽  
Ontological Framework

Abstract Leontius of Byzantium’s treatise Contra Nestorianos et Eutychianos begins with a section in which the author demonstrates how the human nature in Christ can be real without being a second hypostasis. Leontius starts from the ontological model of the Cappadocians but modifies it radically when he complements the two sets of qualities that constitute ‘nature’ and ‘hypostasis’ with an unqualified substrate. Introduction of such a substrate, which the Cappadocians had rejected, ensured the reality of the human nature within the hypostasis of the Word because it served to anchor the set of human qualities, which when seen by themselves were considered to be a mere abstraction. With this new ontological framework Leontius could defend the formula of Chalcedon against its Nestorian and Monophysite detractors and also demonstrate that it did not violate the tenets of Aristotelian philosophy, which in the sixth century was regarded as a true reflection of the order of being.

Tradition and the Formation of the 'Nestorian' Identity in Sixth- to Seventh-Century Iraq

2009 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerrit Reinink
Keyword(s):  
Social Conditions ◽  
Seventh Century ◽  
Sixth Century ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Religious Identities ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
Eastern Christianity ◽  
Long Time ◽  
In Christ

AbstractReligious identities in ancient Near Eastern Christianity were mainly and primarily defined along the lines of Christological positions held by the different Christian communities. This article discusses the origin, development, and propagation of the East Syrian 'Nestorian' Christology of the two natures and two hypostaseis in Christ. It is argued that the process of the formation of the East Syrian Christological identity took a relative long time due to the complex and pluriform cultural tradition in East Syrian Christianity by the end of the sixth century and the radically changing historical, political, and social conditions in late sixth- and early seventh-century Iraq.

scholarly journals Gemeinschaft von Verschiedenheiten – religionsphilosophische Vorüberlegungen

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-452
Author(s):  
Dorin Zosim Oancea
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Marriages ◽  
Bonding System ◽  
The World ◽  
In Christ ◽  
Book Of Genesis

Abstract Communion of diversities. Interconfessional marriages are understood as communions of diversities. It is the author´s opinion that the first three chapters of the Book of Genesis offer a model of man´s constitutive and simultaneous communion with God and the world. Each person experiences bondings with different theocosmic surroundings or spaces, able to give her/him a special identity. Postparadisiac life is marked by an also simultaneous illegitimate diminishing and enhancing of communion in all directions, included in everybody`s bonding system. The communion of diversities, mixed marriages included, participate in this process, which can be overcome only through life in Christ.

One Size Fits All?

Methodology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel C. Voelkle ◽  
Patrick E. McKnight
Keyword(s):  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Type I Error ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Type I ◽  
Finite Sample ◽  
Traditional Methods ◽  
Repeated Measures Anova ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Latent Curve

The use of latent curve models (LCMs) has increased almost exponentially during the last decade. Oftentimes, researchers regard LCM as a “new” method to analyze change with little attention paid to the fact that the technique was originally introduced as an “alternative to standard repeated measures ANOVA and first-order auto-regressive methods” (Meredith & Tisak, 1990, p. 107). In the first part of the paper, this close relationship is reviewed, and it is demonstrated how “traditional” methods, such as the repeated measures ANOVA, and MANOVA, can be formulated as LCMs. Given that latent curve modeling is essentially a large-sample technique, compared to “traditional” finite-sample approaches, the second part of the paper addresses the question to what degree the more flexible LCMs can actually replace some of the older tests by means of a Monte-Carlo simulation. In addition, a structural equation modeling alternative to Mauchly’s (1940) test of sphericity is explored. Although “traditional” methods may be expressed as special cases of more general LCMs, we found the equivalence holds only asymptotically. For practical purposes, however, no approach always outperformed the other alternatives in terms of power and type I error, so the best method to be used depends on the situation. We provide detailed recommendations of when to use which method.

Review of The structure of scientific theories. 2nd ed.

1978 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 473-473
Author(s):  
DAVID L. KRANTZ
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Theories

Science and Dialectics in the Philosophies of Deleuze, Bachelard and DeLanda

Paragraph ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Williams
Keyword(s):  
Gilles Deleuze ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Scientific Theories ◽  
Gaston Bachelard ◽  
Contemporary Science

This article charts differences between Gilles Deleuze's and Gaston Bachelard's philosophies of science in order to reflect on different readings of the role of science in Deleuze's philosophy, in particular in relation to Manuel DeLanda's interpretation of Deleuze's work. The questions considered are: Why do Gilles Deleuze and Gaston Bachelard develop radically different philosophical dialectics in relation to science? What is the significance of this difference for current approaches to Deleuze and science, most notably as developed by Manuel DeLanda? It is argued that, despite its great explanatory power, DeLanda's association of Deleuze with a particular set of contemporary scientific theories does not allow for the ontological openness and for the metaphysical sources of Deleuze's work. The argument turns on whether terms such as ‘intensity’ can be given predominantly scientific definitions or whether metaphysical definitions are more consistent with a sceptical relation of philosophy to contemporary science.

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