From John of Apamea to Mark’s Gospel: Two Dialogues with Thomasios: A Hermeneutical Reading of Horáō, Blépō, and Theōréō

Cover
Table of Contents
Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: John of Apamea and His Oeuvre
	Chapter I: John of Apamea’s Writings and Identity
		1. Premise: Eastern Christianity
		2. The Translated and Edited Works of John of Apamea
		3. The Identity of John of Apamea: Proposals
			3.1. The Hypothesis of Three Different Persons
			3.2. The Hypothesis of Two Different Persons
			3.3. The Hypothesis of One John of Apamea
		4. Concluding Elucidations
	Chapter II: John of Apamea’s Significant Theological Notions
		1. The Holy Scripture and John of Apamea
		2. The Divine Pedagogy
		3. The Spiritual Physiognomy
			3.1. The Somatic Path
			3.2. The Path of the Soul
			3.3. The Pneumatic Path
			3.4. Note of Conclusion
	Chapter III: John of Apamea and the Senses of the Soul
		1. The Spiritual Senses
		2. The Content of the Second Dialogue with Thomasios (Syr. 2,13-21)
		3. The Content of the Sixth Dialogue with Thomasios (Syr. 6,70-81)
		4. Corollary
	Chapter IV: Spiritual Exegesis
		1. Premise
		2. Spiritual Exegesis: From the Literal Meaning to the Theoria
		3. Allegorism and Anagogy
		4. Patristic Exegesis of Mark’s Gospel
Part Two: Mark’s Gospel
	Chapter V: Mark’s Vocabulary: The Literal Semantic Level
		1. Horáō (ὁράω)
		2. Blépō (βλέπω)
		3. Theōréō (θεωρέω)
		4. Dictionary versus the Context
		5. A Psychological Approach: Seeing and Seeing as
	Chapter VI: From Littera to Theoria: Narrative Portrait of Jesus’ Seeing
		1. The Baptism of Jesus
		2. Contexts of Calling: Vocatio Universalis et Specialis
		3. Contexts of Healing
		4. Contemplation
		5. Note of Conclusion
	Chapter VII: The Seeing of the Demons
		1. The Pericopes
		2. Behavioral Pattern of the Demoniacs
	Chapter VIII: The Visual Perception of the Women: Theōréō
Conclusions
	1. The Seeing and the Christological Dimension
	2. The Seeing and a Dialogic Movement of Relationship
	3. The Seeing and the Healing Dimension of the Human Condition
	4. Jesus’ Seeing and a Didactic Dimension
	5. Pragmatic Dimension of the Texts
Bibliography
Index of Authors
Index of Subjects