John of Scythopolis on Divine Darkness

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" John of Scythopolis on Divine Darkness "
Alexander Treiger

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1085525
Doc. No	:	LA129154
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700720-12341419‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Alexander Treiger
Title & Author	:	John of Scythopolis on Divine Darkness [Article]\ Alexander Treiger
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Vigiliae Christianae
Date	:	2020
Volume/ Issue Number	:	74/1
Page No	:	76–83
Abstract	:	The present article provides a commentary on the sixth-century Christian bishop John of Scythopolis’ scholion on Dionysius the Areopagite’s Mystical Theology I.3. In this scholion, John discusses the various Greek translations of Ex. 20:18/21. He also refers to a Jewish cosmological tradition about the seven heavens. Various rabbinic parallels to John of Scythopolis are discussed. The article argues that John most likely has recourse to an oral Jewish tradition, transmitted to him by a Jewish informant in Scythopolis. John of Scythopolis’ scholion thus provides important evidence on Christian-Jewish contacts in Byzantine Palestine. The present article provides a commentary on the sixth-century Christian bishop John of Scythopolis’ scholion on Dionysius the Areopagite’s Mystical Theology I.3. In this scholion, John discusses the various Greek translations of Ex. 20:18/21. He also refers to a Jewish cosmological tradition about the seven heavens. Various rabbinic parallels to John of Scythopolis are discussed. The article argues that John most likely has recourse to an oral Jewish tradition, transmitted to him by a Jewish informant in Scythopolis. John of Scythopolis’ scholion thus provides important evidence on Christian-Jewish contacts in Byzantine Palestine.
Descriptor	:	Christian-Jewish relations
Descriptor	:	cosmology
Descriptor	:	Dionysius the Areopagite
Descriptor	:	divine darkness
Descriptor	:	John of Scythopolis
Descriptor	:	Midrash
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700720-12341419‬