IMC 2015: Sessions

Session 1536: Mysticism and Biblical Exegesis, I

Organiser:	Rob Faesen, Institute for the Study of Spirituality, KU Leuven
Moderator/Chair:	Louise Nelstrop, Kellogg College, University of Oxford
Paper 1536-a	'Made in the Image and Likeness of God' (Gen 1: 26): Late Medieval Mystical Anthropology (Language: English) John Arblaster, Institute for the Study of Spirituality, KU Leuven Index terms: Biblical Studies, Theology
Paper 1536-b	Meister Eckhart’s Commentaries on Genesis (Language: English) Andrés Quero-Sánchez, Max-Weber-Kolleg für kultur- und sozialwissenschaftliche Studien, Universität Erfurt Index terms: Philosophy, Theology
Paper 1536-c	Mystical Anthropology and the Exegesis of Exodus 24-31 in John of Ruusbroec's Spiritual Tabernacle (Language: English) Rob Faesen, Institute for the Study of Spirituality, KU Leuven Index terms: Biblical Studies, Language and Literature - Dutch, Theology
Abstract	This session considers the overlap between exegesis and identity within the thought of medieval Christian mystics. The papers explore how ideas such as becoming God, deification, and union are nuanced by and/or formed in relation to biblical exegesis, and motifs and images drawn from scripture.