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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «POLITOLOGIYA. RELIGIOVEDENIE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RELIGION STUDIES»
ISSN 2073-3380 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2024. Vol 48

On the Elements of the Deconstructive Approach in Exegesis John Chrysostom

Author(s)
E. A. Prokhorov, A. E. Smirnov
Abstract
This article attempts to identify elements of deconstruction in the exegetical practices of John Chrysostom. To achieve this goal, a brief description of the basic principles and purpose of deconstruction is given and deconstructive practices in the exegesis of John Chrysostom are revealed. The authors conclude that the following elements of deconstructive strategy are implicitly present in exegesis: preserving and updating the tradition, searching for what was forgotten in it; replenishment, indicating the openness of the text and its non-identity; the issue of translation and language of concepts; focusing on paradoxes and intractability; discovering the natural metaphoricity of words and concepts; focus on context, etymology, words, prepositions, particles, prefixes. In exegesis, as in deconstruction, the outcome of interpretation is not guaranteed as methodically achievable knowledge. Thus, the deconstructivist strategy retains the classical philosophical motive of continuous renewal of knowledge and is a certain form of exegete that protects tradition from stagnation.
About the Authors

Prokhorov Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich, Senior Lecture, Department of Philosophy, Religious Studies and Theology, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: irgtuprihod@inbox.ru

Smirnov Alexey Evgenievich, Doctor of Scince (Philosophy), Professor, Department of General Humanitarian and Socio-Economic Disciplines, Irkutsk Law Institute (Branch) of the University, Prosecutor's Office Russian Federation, 1, Shevtsov st., Irkutsk, 664035, Russian Federation, e-mail: aesmir@mail.ru

For citation

Prokhorov E.A., Smirnov A.E. On the Elements of the Deconstructive Approach in Exegesis John Chrysostom. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2024, vol. 48, pp. 133-139. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2024.48.133 (in Russian)

Keywords
deconstruction, exegesis, text, writing, replenishment, translation, tradition.
UDC
111.1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2024.48.133
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