Nathan S Lefler
Biographic Data
| ID | 9540956 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nathan S Lefler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nathan S |
| FAMILY NAME | Lefler |
| SIGNATURE | LEFLER N S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, USA |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-6703-2397 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tolle, Lege, Tolle, Lege
The article explores how the divine command “Tolle lege” in Confessiones 8.12, coupled integrally with Augustine’s response, resolves multiple dilemmas or problems central to the narrative of the work, in philosophical, psychological and theological modes. An initial contention is that the question of the soul’s ability to move itself is more fundamental to the crisis of Book 8 than is the dividedness of the post-lapsarian will, and that the clim…
Learning to Read
Complementary to all theological considerations of divine writing – sacra pagina – are those of divine reading, known in the Christian Tradition as lectio divina. Through a close reading of St. Bonaventure’s Incendium Amoris (De Triplici Via) this article seeks to elucidate the author’s understanding of the Christian’s act of reading, especially the reading of the biblical text. Between the eleventh and the late thirteenth centuries, the metaphys…
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Learning to Read
Complementary to all theological considerations of divine writing – sacra pagina – are those of divine reading, known in the Christian Tradition as lectio divina. Through a close reading of St. Bonaventure’s Incendium Amoris (De Triplici Via) this article seeks to elucidate the author’s understanding of the Christian’s act of reading, especially the reading of the biblical text. Between the eleventh and the late thirteenth centuries, the metaphys…
Tolle, Lege, Tolle, Lege
The article explores how the divine command “Tolle lege” in Confessiones 8.12, coupled integrally with Augustine’s response, resolves multiple dilemmas or problems central to the narrative of the work, in philosophical, psychological and theological modes. An initial contention is that the question of the soul’s ability to move itself is more fundamental to the crisis of Book 8 than is the dividedness of the post-lapsarian will, and that the clim…
Augustinian Studies and Theology (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Karl Barth and Christian Theology (1 work) · Key (lock) (1 work) · Medieval European Literature and History (1 work) · Medieval Literature and History (1 work) · Medieval Philosophy and Theology (1 work) · Metaphysics (1 work) · Narrative (1 work) · Nexus (standard) (1 work)