The Heavenly Trumpet

by Mitchell, Margaret M.

• ISBN13: 9780664225100
• ISBN10: 0664225101
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

Arguing that all Pauline interpretation depends significantly on the ways in which readers formulate their own images of the apostle, Margaret M. Mitchell posits that John Chrysostom, the most prolific interpreter of the Pauline epistles in the early church, exemplifies this phenomenon. Mitchell brings together Chrysostom's copious portraits of Paul--of his body, his soul, and his life circumstances--and for the first time analyzes them as complex rhetorical compositions built on well-known conventions of Greco-Roman rhetoric. Two appendices offer a fresh translation of Chrysostom's seven homiliesde laudibus sancti Pauliand a catalogue of color plates of artistic representations that graphically represent the author/exegete dynamic this study explores.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements and Permissions	xiii
Preface	xv
Note on Style	xxvi
Abbreviations of Ancient Works Cited	xxvii
Abbreviations of Periodicals, Reference Works, and Series	xxxii
List of Plates	xxxiv
``Of All the Saints I Love Paul the Most''	1	(33)
The Sources	2	(3)
The Historical Significance of Chrysostom as an Interpreter of Paul	5	(3)
Previous Scholarship	8	(10)
Methodological Presuppositions of this Study	18	(4)
Approaching Chrysostom's Rhetorical Art	22	(6)
Contemporary Resonances with Chrysostom's Interpretation of Paul	28	(3)
Praise for Paul's Devoted Interpreter	31	(3)
``The Archetypal Image'' (η αρχετυπoσ ειxων)	34	(35)
The Hermeneutical Framework of the Portraits	34	(9)
``The Archetypal Image''	43	(12)
Scripture as Relic	43	(4)
Epistolary Theory	47	(2)
The Ethics of Imitation	49	(6)
The Highest Artistic Standard: The Imperial Portrait (ειxων βασιλιxη)	55	(9)
Conclusions on the Framework of the Portraits	64	(2)
A Final Question: Why Paul?	66	(3)
``The Warm Lover of Christ'' -- Pauline Miniatures	69	(25)
Epithets As Portraits in Miniature	70	(3)
Chrysostom's Gallery of Miniature Portraits of Paul	73	(15)
Teaching Portraits	75	(2)
Portraits in Flight	77	(1)
Celestial Images	78	(2)
A Miniature Magnified: Paul as the Sun	80	(2)
Snapshots of Paul's Soul	82	(1)
Agonistic Epithets	82	(2)
Traditional Titles and Roles	84	(3)
Animal Epithets	87	(1)
Literary Analysis of Epithets	88	(3)
Conclusion	91	(3)
``The Imperial Portrait (ειxων βασιλιxη)'' Unveiled: Portraits of Paul's Body	94	(41)
Full-Scale Portraits of Paul -- Three Types	94	(1)
The Tools of Portrayal	95	(9)
Epideictic Rhetoric (the Encomium)	95	(6)
Ekphrasis	101	(3)
Hom. in 1 Cor. 13 -- Paul as the Perfect Portrait of Christ	104	(17)
Introduction of Theme: Imitation as Artistic Practice	104	(1)
The Portrait of Paul -- Material	105	(2)
The ``Moving Picture'' of Paul's Body	107	(3)
The Somatic Portrait Displayed	110	(3)
Paul's Feet	113	(1)
Paul's Chest	113	(1)
Paul's Belly	114	(1)
Paul's Hands	115	(1)
Paul's Back	115	(1)
The End of the Catalogue	116	(1)
The Clothes that Adorn the Body	116	(1)
Crescendo to the Encomiastic Reversal	116	(2)
Conclusion: Ekphrasis and the Homiletical Art	118	(3)
Hom. in Rom. 32 -- Paul's Body Rejuvenated From the Dust	121	(11)
Paul's Mouth	124	(2)
Paul's Heart	126	(2)
Paul's Hands	128	(1)
Paul's Eyes	129	(1)
Paul's Feet	129	(1)
Paul's Limbs	129	(1)
Rome's Ferocious Guardian	130	(2)
Conclusion	132	(3)
``The Meadow of Virtues'' (λειμων αρετων): Portraits of Paul's Soul	135	(65)
Painting a Soul	135	(2)
De laudibus sancti Pauli	137	(35)
Laud. Paul. 1: Paul as the Brightest in the Biblical Portrait Gallery	140	(12)
Laud. Paul. 2: Paul as Proof of Humanity's Capacity for Virtue	152	(7)
Laud. Paul. 3: Paul as the Embodiment of Love	159	(5)
Other Soul Portraits	164	(2)
Laud. Paul. 6: Defacing and Replacing False Portraits	166	(6)
Holistic Depictions Through Portraits of Pauline ``Accessories''	172	(23)
Paul's Standard	173	(3)
Paul's Chain	176	(10)
Paul's Tears	186	(5)
Paul's Perfume	191	(2)
Paul's Contest	193	(1)
Paul's Race	194	(1)
Full-Scale Portraits of Paul: Conclusions	195	(5)
``Obviously By Some Divine and Ineffable Power'': Biographical Portraits of Paul	200	(181)
``External Circumstances'' (τα εξωθεν)	200	(6)
Large-Scale Portraits of Paul's Life Circumstances	206	(20)
Hom. in 2 Tim. 4.3--4: Συγxρισισ of Paul and Nero	206	(6)
Laud. Paul. 4: Paul's Power and Divine Providence	212	(14)
Partial Portraits of Paul's ``External Circumstances''	226	(127)
γθνoσ (Ancestry)	228	(1)
εθνoσ (Race/Nation)	228	(6)
πατρισ (Native Land)	234	(2)
πρoγoνoι (Ancestors)	236	(1)
πατερεσ (Parentage)	236	(4)
ανατρoφη (Rearing)	240	(1)
επιτηδευματα and τεχνη (Vocation and Trade)	240	(1)
παιδεια (Education)	241	(5)
o σxηνoτoιoσ (The Tentmaker)	246	(2)
νoμoι (Laws)	248	(1)
πραξεισ (Deeds)	249	(1)
Pre-Christian πραξεισ	250	(1)
Persecution of Christians	250	(7)
Conversion	257	(2)
Name Change	259	(2)
The πραξεισ of Paul's Christian Life	261	(1)
Laud. Paul. 7: The Deeds of Christ's Copyist	261	(9)
The Summary Deed: Victory over the Entire World	270	(8)
Persuasive Oratory	278	(4)
de sacerdotio, Book 4	282	(9)
Many and Various Activities of the Spirit (Πoλλαι xαι πoιxιλαι ενεργεια&iota τo&u πνεuματoσ)	291	(1)
Miracles	291	(4)
Prophecy	295	(6)
Ecstatic Experiences	301	(1)
Sufferings	302	(6)
Ascetic Acts	308	(18)
Πραξεισ εναντιαι (Contradictory Deeds)?	326	(1)
General Treatments	327	(3)
Laud. Paul. 5: Praise for Paul as ``A Variable and Many-sorted Man''	330	(23)
Other Encomiastic Topics	353	(21)
φιλια (Friendship)	354	(1)
δoξα (Glory/Reputation)	355	(1)
αρχη (Rule)	356	(1)
πλouτoσ (Wealth)	357	(4)
εuτεxνια (Children) and γαμoσ (Marriage)	361	(2)
εuθανασια (Noble Death)	363	(11)
A Final Portrait: Paul as Assailant of ``External Circumstances''	374	(3)
Conclusions on the Biographical Portraits	377	(4)
``The Soul Which Reached as Far as Heaven'': Historiographical Issues in Chrysostom's Pauline Interpretation	381	(28)
Recapitulation of Chrysostom's Pauline Portraiture	381	(3)
Pauline Portraiture and Patristic Exegesis	384	(5)
The ``Historical Paul'' and Chrysostom's Hermeneutics	389	(5)
Paul and Peter	394	(2)
Paul and Christ	396	(5)
The Social Functions of Chrysostom's Rhetorical Art	401	(3)
Oral and Written Forms of the Biographic	404	(4)
Conclusion: Hung upon the Ring of Paul	408	(1)
``Partners in This Love Charm'': The Art of Pauline Interpretation	409	(31)
Exegesis as Portraiture	409	(2)
Pauline Portraiture in Late Antiquity: Augustine and Chrysostom	411	(12)
Pauline Portraiture in the Late Twentieth Century	423	(5)
Chrysostom and the Task of Pauline Interpretation	428	(5)
The Death and Resurrection of the Author	433	(3)
Final Images	436	(4)
Appendix 1: English Translation of de laudibus sancti Pauli 1--7	440	(48)
A Prefatory Note to the Translation	440	(2)
Homily 1	442	(6)
Homily 2	448	(5)
Homily 3	453	(5)
Homily 4	458	(10)
Homily 5	468	(7)
Homily 6	475	(7)
Homily 7	482	(6)
Appendix 2: Artistic Images of John Chrysostom and Paul	488	(13)
The Inspired Author Portrait	489	(4)
John Chrysostom, the Source of Wisdom	493	(3)
Other Intimate Portraits of the Pair	496	(3)
Literary Sources Pertaining to the Iconography of Chrysostom and Paul	499	(2)
Plates	501	(8)
Bibliography	509	(20)
Reference Works	509	(1)
Ancient Sources: Texts, Editions, Translations	510	(3)
Secondary Literature Cited	513	(16)
Indices	529	(35)
Passages Cited	529	(30)
Old Testament/LXX	529	(1)
New Testament	530	(7)
Early Christian Literature	537	(16)
Other Greek and Latin Texts	553	(6)
Modern Authors	559	(5)
Iconography	564