Hieros Gamos: Typology and the Fate of Passion

Aristotle rendered the primal scene of information as a Scene of Instruction in its literal sense: the classroom or gymnasium; the pedagogue, with his repertoire of primers and principles; a student, whose absorption of his lessons would one day be realized in his capacity to exercise what might pro...

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Published inPostmodern culture Vol. 10; no. 3
Main Author Faubion, James D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01.05.2000
Subjects
Aristotle
Christianity
Cultural anthropology
Exegesis & hermeneutics
Foucault, Michel
Secondary education
Weber, Max (1864-1920)
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Summary:Aristotle rendered the primal scene of information as a Scene of Instruction in its literal sense: the classroom or gymnasium; the pedagogue, with his repertoire of primers and principles; a student, whose absorption of his lessons would one day be realized in his capacity to exercise what might properly be called self-determination, and so might properly be called choice. Drawing upon Wheeler Robinson's Inspiration and Revelation in the Old Testament, Bloom's emendation of Derrida serves as my own point of departure: [I]n his study of Old Testament inspiration, [Robinson] moves towards the trope of a Scene of Instruction when he sees that while oral tradition rose to interpret written Torah, written Torah itself as authority replaced cultic acts.
ISSN:1053-1920
1053-1920
DOI:10.1353/pmc.2000.0022