Bogdan G Bucur
Biographic Data
| ID | 1167481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bogdan G Bucur |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bogdan G |
| FAMILY NAME | Bucur |
| SIGNATURE | BUCUR B G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duquesne University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4809-0351 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Jacob’s Nightly Encounter at Peniel and the Status of the Son
This paper considers the theophany at Penuel-Peniel /Εἶδος Θεοῦ (Genesis 32) and its use by Athanasius of Alexandria. The biblical text itself is quite enigmatic, forcing the readers to entertain a variety of interpretive solutions. Athanasius continues, unsurprisingly, the venerable tradition of Christological exegesis – identifying, that is, the mysterious man with the Word of God incarnaturus – but seems to reinforce the inherited Christophani…
I am an Image of Your Glory
Εἰκών εἰμι τῆς ἀρρήτου δόξης σου: the opening of one of the Eulogētaria hymns in the Byzantine funeral service - a highly interesting composition with roots in Late Ancient Jerusalem - invites a connection with Genesis 1:26. However, even though the allusion to the story of creation, Eden, and the Fall is undeniable, this hymn does not speak of the human being as κατ ̓εἰκόνα, but straightforwardly as the εἰκών of God's glory. A first step in inte…
Anti-Jewish Sentiments in Liturgical and Patristic Biblical Interpretations
The gradual transformation of the Jesus movement from an ethnically Jewish to an overwhelmingly Gentile community was coextensive with a shift from intracommunitarian polemics within the boundaries of Second Temple Judaism to acrimonious relations between two religions competing for the inheritance of biblical Israel. Although anti-Jewish rhetoric colors early Christian references to contemporary Jews and Judaism, it also constitutes a topos of i…
The Interlinkage between Sociology and Politics in Monographic Research in Interwar Romania
Scholarly Frameworks for Reading Irenaeus
Irenaeus' understanding of Old Testament theophanies and their exegesis is one of the loci of marked disagreement in scholarship. After a detailed survey of the various scholarly positions, this article argues against the oft-repeated judgment that Irenaeus' treatment of theophanies would set forth a theological corrective to, or even an explicit rebuttal of, Justin of Neapolis' Logos-theology, and shows that Irenaeus' exesis of theophanies is al…
“Early Christian Binitarianism”
This article discusses the use of “binitarianism” and related concepts in the study of early Christian writings. A survey of past and present uses of “binitarian monotheism” reveals that there are at least two quite distinct uses of this term, developed in distinct scholarly contexts, each informed by specific theological presuppositions, and assuming specific theological agendas. A certain discrepancy becomes evident between the early Christian …
The Angelic Spirit in Early Christianity
Revisiting Christian Oeyen
This article contributes to research on Clement of Alexandria's pneumatology by revisiting and expanding upon Christian Oeyen's oft-neglected study Eine frühchristliche Engelpneumatologie bei Klemens von Alexandrien, published in 1966. It argues, first, that a study of Clement's Pneumatology cannot ignore the surviving portions of Clement's Hypotyposes (especially the Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae Propheticae, and Adumbrationes), because these ap…
The Other Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Alexandria's Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae Propheticae, and Adumbrationes depict a cosmic hierarchy featuring, in descending order, the divine Face, the seven beings first created, the archangels, and the angels. This account is problematic in that it seems to incorporate a contradiction: one set of texts presents a fix cosmic hierarchy populated by different types having at its top the seven protoctists. A second set of texts, however…
Scholarly Frameworks for Reading Irenaeus
Irenaeus' understanding of Old Testament theophanies and their exegesis is one of the loci of marked disagreement in scholarship. After a detailed survey of the various scholarly positions, this article argues against the oft-repeated judgment that Irenaeus' treatment of theophanies would set forth a theological corrective to, or even an explicit rebuttal of, Justin of Neapolis' Logos-theology, and shows that Irenaeus' exesis of theophanies is al…
The Other Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Alexandria's Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae Propheticae, and Adumbrationes depict a cosmic hierarchy featuring, in descending order, the divine Face, the seven beings first created, the archangels, and the angels. This account is problematic in that it seems to incorporate a contradiction: one set of texts presents a fix cosmic hierarchy populated by different types having at its top the seven protoctists. A second set of texts, however…
The Other Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Alexandria's Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae Propheticae, and Adumbrationes depict a cosmic hierarchy featuring, in descending order, the divine Face, the seven beings first created, the archangels, and the angels. This account is problematic in that it seems to incorporate a contradiction: one set of texts presents a fix cosmic hierarchy populated by different types having at its top the seven protoctists. A second set of texts, however…
Revisiting Christian Oeyen
This article contributes to research on Clement of Alexandria's pneumatology by revisiting and expanding upon Christian Oeyen's oft-neglected study Eine frühchristliche Engelpneumatologie bei Klemens von Alexandrien, published in 1966. It argues, first, that a study of Clement's Pneumatology cannot ignore the surviving portions of Clement's Hypotyposes (especially the Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae Propheticae, and Adumbrationes), because these ap…
The Angelic Spirit in Early Christianity
“Early Christian Binitarianism”
This article discusses the use of “binitarianism” and related concepts in the study of early Christian writings. A survey of past and present uses of “binitarian monotheism” reveals that there are at least two quite distinct uses of this term, developed in distinct scholarly contexts, each informed by specific theological presuppositions, and assuming specific theological agendas. A certain discrepancy becomes evident between the early Christian …
Scholarly Frameworks for Reading Irenaeus
Irenaeus' understanding of Old Testament theophanies and their exegesis is one of the loci of marked disagreement in scholarship. After a detailed survey of the various scholarly positions, this article argues against the oft-repeated judgment that Irenaeus' treatment of theophanies would set forth a theological corrective to, or even an explicit rebuttal of, Justin of Neapolis' Logos-theology, and shows that Irenaeus' exesis of theophanies is al…
The Interlinkage between Sociology and Politics in Monographic Research in Interwar Romania
Anti-Jewish Sentiments in Liturgical and Patristic Biblical Interpretations
The gradual transformation of the Jesus movement from an ethnically Jewish to an overwhelmingly Gentile community was coextensive with a shift from intracommunitarian polemics within the boundaries of Second Temple Judaism to acrimonious relations between two religions competing for the inheritance of biblical Israel. Although anti-Jewish rhetoric colors early Christian references to contemporary Jews and Judaism, it also constitutes a topos of i…
I am an Image of Your Glory
Εἰκών εἰμι τῆς ἀρρήτου δόξης σου: the opening of one of the Eulogētaria hymns in the Byzantine funeral service - a highly interesting composition with roots in Late Ancient Jerusalem - invites a connection with Genesis 1:26. However, even though the allusion to the story of creation, Eden, and the Fall is undeniable, this hymn does not speak of the human being as κατ ̓εἰκόνα, but straightforwardly as the εἰκών of God's glory. A first step in inte…
Jacob’s Nightly Encounter at Peniel and the Status of the Son
This paper considers the theophany at Penuel-Peniel /Εἶδος Θεοῦ (Genesis 32) and its use by Athanasius of Alexandria. The biblical text itself is quite enigmatic, forcing the readers to entertain a variety of interpretive solutions. Athanasius continues, unsurprisingly, the venerable tradition of Christological exegesis – identifying, that is, the mysterious man with the Word of God incarnaturus – but seems to reinforce the inherited Christophani…
Philosophy (8 works) · Theology (8 works) · History (7 works) · Art (5 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (5 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Biblical studies (3 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (3 works) · Exegesis (3 works)