Taking the Devil at his Word
The Devil and Language in the Dialogues of Gregory the Great
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10079733 |
|---|---|
| Authors | CHARLOTTE KINGSTON |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 705-720 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022046915003474 |
| OpenAlex | W2527649466 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
In the Dialogues of Gregory the Great (590–604), the devil is sometimes given direct speech in which he is shown protesting his innocence. The devil in these stories is frequently interpreted as comical, trivial and somewhat underwhelming. However, when re-read through the lens of Gregory's exegesis of Genesis iii, and his ideas regarding the devil, sin and language, what emerges is that it is the devil's verbal skill and appearance of harmlessness that make him dangerous. This failure to see the devil's words as a deceptive recapitulation of Genesis iii cannot be separated from the Dialogues’ complex historiography
Art · Exegesis · Historiography · Innocence · Linguistics · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Word (group theory · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |