Adumbrationes

This joint project is all about doing some deep, detailed reading (“close reading”) of Clement of Alexandria’s Adumbrationes in epistulas canonicas (probably written at the end of the 2nd century), which is only available in Latin translation. This work, which has received very little attention in research on early Christianity, is of crucial importance both for the development of the New Testament canon and for the history of early Christian scriptural interpretation, as it represents the oldest continuous commentary on the so-called Catholic Epistles, a relatively late group of writings that complemented the Gospels and the Epistles of Paul and helped give the New Testament its final form. The Adumbrationes thus mark the transition from the composition of the New Testament writings to their commentary as normative texts of early Christian theology.

Within the framework of the German-Italian cooperation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – Villa Vigoni)

Coordination

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Grünstäudl, Universität Münster; Prof. Maria Armida Nicolaci, Pontificia Facoltà Teologica di Sicilia, Palermo