The Unknown Deed of the Last Day and Julian of Norwich's Eschatological Hermeneutic in the Showings

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作者
Zoutendam, Erin Risch [1 ,2 ]
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[1] Duke Univ, Durham, NC USA
[2] Campus Box 90964, Durham, NC 27708 USA
关键词
Julian of Norwich; hermeneutics; eschatology; Last Day; visionary writing; exegesis;
D O I
10.1080/20465726.2023.2198377
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B9 [宗教];
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010107 ;
摘要
Julian of Norwich's deference to the teachings of 'holy church' - despite the divergence of these teachings from her own revelations - is a well-known stumbling block for scholars. Some accept her stated obedience as sincere, while others dismiss it as insincere, a rhetorical ploy for disseminating her theological beliefs without alarming the religious authorities of her day. This article proposes a new way of understanding Julian's deference. I argue that Julian presumed an unknown eschatological event - 'a deed the whych the blessydfulle trynyte shalle do in the last day horizontal ellipsis vnknowen of alle creaturys' - that would precipitate a reinterpretation of the teachings of holy church, just as the coming of Christ was understood by medieval Christians to have precipitated a reinterpretation of the Old Testament. This eschatological reinterpretation would reconcile seemingly intractable tensions between Julian's revelations and the teachings of 'holy church.'
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