At the head of the Cluster 2 : "Biblical exegesis, literature and religious history from Antiquity to the modern era" of the Laboratoire d’études sur les monothéismes (LEM-UMR 8584), Marie-Odile Boulnois, a specialist in ancient Christian literature, is professor at the Ecole pratique des hautes études, where she holds the chair "Greek Patristics and History of dogmas".
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Research areas
History of the methods of interpretation in ancient Christian literature and of their stakes in the genesis of a theological rationality.
History of the elaboration of theological doctrines and controversies between Christians.
Controversies between pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity (Celsus, Porphyry and Julian).
Ancient Christian reception of the Bible.
The work of Cyril of Alexandria.
Research topics
Interactions between Platonic philosophy and Christianity in Late Antiquity.
Theory and practice of patristic commentaries on the Bible.
Translation and study of Cyril of Alexandria’s Against Julian.
The union of soul and body as a model for explaining the union of natures in Christ.
History of the exegesis and iconography of the theophany of Mambre (Genesis 18).
Projects
Annotated translation of Cyril of Alexandria’s Against Julian, using the Greek text edited by W. Kinzig and Th. Brüggemann (GCS NF 21) for the Collection Sources chrétiennes.
Edition and annotated translation of the Commentary on the Gospel of John XI and XII of Cyril of Alexandria for the Collection Sources chrétiennes.
Research seminar
Greek Patristics and the History of Dogma
A debate between pagans and Christians on the sacrifice of Cain and Abel, circumcision, and the mantics of Abraham : a study of Cyril of Alexandria’s Against Julian X, 22-42.
On Wednesdays from 2:00 to 4:00, Sorbonne (r. D064, staircase E)
Next date : Wednesday, November 10, 2021.
Lecturer : Matthieu CASSIN, "Le De incarnatione et Contra arianos du pseudo-Athanase".
Guest professor : Reinhart CEULEMANS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgique -
Exégèses patristiques et byzantines des Règnes et des Paralipomènes : autour des chaînes.
Master : Introduction to the Greek patristics
Wednesdays from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, at the Sorbonne (room D064, staircase E)
Next date : Wednesday, November 10, 2021.
Selected books
Cyrille d’Alexandrie, Lettres festales I-VI et XII-XVII, introduction, traduction et notes, Paris, Éditions du Cerf, coll. « Sources Chrétiennes » 372 et 434, 1991 et 1998.
Cyrille d’Alexandrie, Contre Julien III-V, introduction et annotation de M.-O. Boulnois, traduction de J. Bouffartigue, M.-O. Boulnois et P. Castan, texte grec de Ch. Riedweg, Paris, Éditions du Cerf, coll. « Sources Chrétiennes » 582, 2016.
Le paradoxe trinitaire chez Cyrille d’Alexandrie. Herméneutique, analyses philosophiques et argumen-tation théologique, Études Augustiniennes, Série Antiquité 143, Paris, 1994, 681 p. (prix de L’Association des Etudes Grecques en 1995).
Honours and awards
Award of the Association des études grecques (1995) for Le paradoxe trinitaire chez Cyrille d’Alexandrie. Herméneutique, analyses philosophiques et argumentation théologique.
