Meditations of the Heart: The Psalms in Early Christian Thought and Practice: Essays in Honour of Andrew Louth PDF
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Studia traditioniS theologiae explorations in early and Medieval theology theology continually engages with its past: the people, expe- rience, Scriptures, liturgy, learning and customs of Christians. the past is preserved, rejected, modified; but the legacy steadily evolves as Christians are never indifferent to history. even when engaging the future, theology looks backwards: the next genera- tion’s training includes inheriting a canon of Scripture, doctrine, and controversy; while adapting the past is central in every con- frontation with a modernity. this is the dynamic realm of tradition, and this series’ focus. Whether examining people, texts, or periods, its volumes are concerned with how the past evolved in the past, and the inter- play of theology, culture, and tradition. Studia traditioniS theologiae explorations in early and Medieval theology 8 Series editor: thomas o’loughlin, Professor of historical theology in the university of nottingham editorial board Director Prof. thomas o’loughlin Board Members dr andreas andreopoulos dr augustine Casiday dr Mary b. Cunningham dr Johannes hoff dr Jonathan Wooding dr Juliette day dr Patricia rumsey dr Paul Middleton dr Simon oliver Prof. andrew Prescott MeditationS of the heart: the PSalMS in early ChriStian thought and PraCtiCe essays in honour of andrew louth Edited by Andreas Andreopoulos Augustine Casiday Carol Harrison H F Cover illustration: Tabula Peutingeriana © Önb Vienna: Cod. 324, Segm. Viii + iX © 2011, Brepols Publishers n.v., Turnhout, Belgium All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. d/20110/0095/85 iSbn 978-2-503-53433-6 fr andrew louth, durham 2010. ContentS john behr, andrew louth ix richard price, the Voice of Christ in the Psalms 1 rowan williams, Christological exegesis of Psalm 45 17 sarah coakley, on the fearfulness of forgiveness: Psalm 130:4 and its theological implications 33 kallistos ware, ‘forgive us … as we forgive’: forgiveness in the Psalms and the lord’s Prayer 53 adam g. cooper, Sex and transmission of Sin: Patristic exegesis of Psalm 50:5 (lXX) 77 john a. mcguckin, origen’s use of the Psalms in the treatise On First Principles 97 mihail neamtu, Psalmody, Confession, and temporality 119 robert hayward, Saint Jerome, Jewish learning, and the Symbolism of the number eight 141 gillian clark, Psallite sapienter: augustine on Psalmody 161 pauline allen & bronwen neil, discourses on the Poor in the Psalms: augustine’s Ennarationes in Psalmos 181 carol harrison, enchanting the Soul: the Music of the Psalms 205 MeditationS of the heart augustine casiday, ‘the sweetest music that falls upon the ear’: translating and interpreting the Psalter in Christian andalucia 225 norman russell, the ‘gods’ of Psalm 81 (82) in the hesychast debates 243 carolinne white, allegory and rhetoric in erasmus’ expositions on the Psalms 257 dimitri conomos, elder aimilianos on the Psalter and the revival of Melodious Psalmody at Simonopetra 277 index 299 john behr andreW louth the first time andrew louth served as a priest in the chapel of St Vladimir’s Seminary happened to be on the Sunday commemorat- ing the fathers of the first ecumenical Council. he cut a somewhat incongruous figure, last in priestly line, in borrowed vestments, not entirely sure of his place in the ritual. Standing alone to give the ser- mon, he was small but composed, in a slightly lopsided phelonion. his voice was quintessentially british, light, precise, and measured. he spoke softly, without notes, directly to the people, who in turn strained to hear him. yet his years of scholarly research, teaching and mentoring, and pastoral and priestly work, made him not only an eminent theologian, but a persuasive preacher: when he reaffirmed that god is love, he convinced. andrew was born in louth, lincolnshire, on 11 november 1944, the son of a Church army evangelist. after various moves, the family set- tled in Wakefield, where his father began a new career as a prison chap- lain and where andrew went to Queen elizabeth grammar School, having won a West riding County Scholarship. after the death of andrew’s mother (May 1959), his father took a new position at Walton prison in liverpool, and they moved to great Crosby, where andrew and his brother Peter attended Waterloo grammar School. When his father moved again, this time to leeds, andrew stayed as a house-guest of his maths teacher, so that he could complete his studies at Waterloo grammar and sit the entrance examinations for Cambridge univer- sity, which he did with great success. andrew went to Cambridge to read mathematics, and after taking a first in part one, he changed to theology, also gaining a first (1966). after a Masters in edinburgh (with a thesis on Karl barth), andrew MeditationS of the heart was ordained as a curate at bristol Cathedral in 1968, serving a parish in Southmead, bristol, for a couple of years. Pastoral experience was not the only thing that andrew acquired during this time: george’s, the renowned bookstore on Park Street, told him of “an old book” that they had and which, being in greek, they thought might be of interest to him. the “old book” in question turned out to be a first edition of the Philokalia (the only two other copies in the uK being those in the british library and in the library of Metropolitan Kallistos [Ware]). andrew began his distinguished academic career in 1970 when he was appointed as fellow and tutor in theology, and Chaplain, at Worcester College, oxford. he also began driving a Citroen 2CV, his fondness for which is keenly remembered by his brothers (though according to roger, andrew has since grown up by developing a taste for Jaguars). in 1985 he began a decade of teaching at goldsmiths’ College, london, as Senior lecturer (1985-9) and reader in Cultural Studies (1989-91), and then as Professor of Cultural history (1992-95). finally, in 1996 he moved to durham university to assume a post that matched his primary interest and research area, Patristics. initially appointed as a reader in Patristics, he was made Professor of Patristic and byzantine Studies in 1998, in which position he served until his retirement in 2010. this journey through the fields of higher education, punctuated with numerous publications, paralleled another journey, both intellec- tual and spiritual. it is evidenced already in his first book, The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition: From Plato to Denys (1981). andrew was surprised at the reception this book had within orthodox cir- cles: on a visit to the brotherhood of St John the baptist at tolleshunt Knights, essex, he found himself invited to sit next to archimand- rite Sophrony during the meal, for the widely respected spiritual elder was interested in getting to know the author of this book. his next volume, Discerning the Mystery: An Essay on the Nature of Theology (1983), besides now being a textbook for many undergraduates hoping to understand the hermeneutics of gadamer, shows andrew drawing ever closer to orthodoxy. its reflections on the role of tradition and the value of allegory might have been out of step with much academic theology of the period, but now seems to be rather avant garde, presag- ing not only andrew’s own conversion but also many of the directions which are being pursued (or rediscovered) in contemporary theology. this journey culminated in 1989, when andrew was received into the orthodox Church by Metropolitan Kallistos. this was, in fact, the first
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