RT Article
T1 From the Middle Ages back to Antiquity: the reception of the idea of dynamic unity in the Gospel of John as entanglement of intellectual traditions
JF Journal of the bible and its reception
VO 7
IS 1
SP 67
OP 90
A1 Casteigt, Julie 1974-
A2 Casteigt, Julie 1974-
LA English
PB De Gruyter
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1741167973
AB This article studies Albert the Great’s conception of reciprocal interiority in the exposition of John 14:10: “Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works” (Bible quotes from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)). Firstly, the article explores how Albert the Great understands reciprocal interiority as an element of the debate concerning the equality of the Father and of the Son, who, although identical in nature, are different according to the relation, like the one who begets and the one who is begotten. Secondly, it emphasizes the metaphysical solution that Albert borrows from Greek-Arabic neoplatonism, especially from the Liber de causis, so as to refute an objection based on Aristotle’s conception of place. This cultural transfer brings to light how Albert the Great’s Super Iohannem is an innovative melting pot in which Albert imports a new framework from profane sciences, with which to interpret the Gospel of John.
K1 Albert the Great
K1 Meister Eckhart
K1 Gospel of John
K1 Neoplatonism
K1 dynamic unity
DO 10.1515/jbr-2019-0014