Bogdan G. Bucur, Ph.D.
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BOGDAN G. BUCUR, PH.D.
Duquesne University, Department of Theology
600 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
ph: 412-396-6530
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publications
Monograph:
Angelomorphic Pneumatology: Clement of Alexandria and Other Early Christian Witnesses. Vigiliae Christianae Supplements 95. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2009. See details here.
Reviews:
Vigiliae christianae (here),
Journal of Theological Studies (here),
Review of Biblical Literature (here)
In journals:
“’Early Christian Binitarianism’: From Religious Phenomenon to Polemical Insult to Scholarly Concept,” Modern Theology 27 (2011): 102-120; [PDF]
[with Elijah Mueller] “Gregory Nazianzen's Exegesis of Hab 3:2 (LXX) and Its Reception: A Lesson from Byzantine Scripture Exegesis,” Pro Ecclesia 20 (2011): 86-103 [PDF]
"Sinai, Zion, and Tabor: An Entry into the Christian Bible," Journal of Theological Interpretation 4 (2010): 33–52; [PDF]
"Matt 17:1-9 as a Vision of a Vision: A Neglected Strand in the Patristic Reception of the
Transfiguration," Neotestamentica 44 (2010): 15-30; [PDF]
"Matt. 18:10 in Early Christology and Pneumatology: A Contribution to the Study of Matthean Wirkungsgeschichte," Novum Testamentum 49 (2007): 209–31; [PDF]
"Hierarchy, Prophecy, and the Angelomorphic Spirit: A Contribution to the Study of the Book of Revelation’s Wirkungsgeschichte," Journal of Biblical Literature 127 (2008): 173-94; [PDF]
"Early Christian Angelomorphic Pneumatology: Aphrahat the Persian Sage," Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 11 (2008); [PDF]
"Exegesis of Biblical Theophanies in Byzantine Hymnography: Rewritten Bible?," Theological Studies 68 (2007): 92–112; [PDF]
"The Place of the Hypotyposeis in the Clementine Corpus: An Apology for 'The Other Clement of Alexandria'," Journal of Early Christian Studies 17 (2009):313-335; [PDF]
"The Son of God and the Angelomorphic Holy Spirit: A Rereading of the Shepherd's Christology," Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 98 (2007): 121-143; [PDF]
"Observations on the Ascetic Doctrine of the Shepherd of Hermas," Studia Monastica 48 (2006): 7–23; [PDF]
"The Angelic Spirit in Early Christianity: Justin, the Martyr and Philosopher," Journal of Religion 88 (2008): 190-208 [PDF]
"The Other Clement: Cosmic Hierarchy and Interiorized Apocalypticism," Vigiliae christianae 60 (2006): 251-268; [PDF]
"Revisiting Christian Oeyen: 'The Other Clement' on Father, Son, and the Angelomorphic Spirit," Vigiliae christianae 61 (2007): 381-413; [PDF]
"The Theological Reception of Dionysian Apophatism in the Christian East and West: Thomas Aquinas and Gregory Palamas," The Downside Review 125 (2007): 131-146; [PDF]
"Dionysius East and West: Unities, Differentiations, and the Exegesis of Biblical Theophanies," Dionysius 26 (2008): 115-138; [PDF]
"Foreordained from All Eternity: The Mystery of the Incarnation According to Some Early Christian and Byzantine Writers," forthcoming in Dumbarton Oaks Papers 62 (2008): 199-215; [PDF]
"Theophanies and Vision of God in Augustine’s De Trinitate: An Eastern Orthodox Perspective," Saint Vladimir's Theological Quarterly 52 (2008): 67-93; [PDF]
"The Feet that Eve Heard in Paradise and Was Afraid: Observations on the Christology of Byzantine Festal Hymns," Philosophy and Theology (2007): 3-26; [PDF]
"The Place of Splendor and Light: Observations on the Paraphrasing of Enn 4.8.1 in the Theology of Aristotle" [co-author, with Cristina Bucur], Le Muséon 119 (2006): 271-292. [PDF]
In Edited Volumes:
“The Mountain of the Lord: Sinai, Zion, and Eden in Byzantine Hymnographic Exegesis,” in Symbola caelestis: Le symbolisme liturgique et paraliturgique dans le monde chrétien Eds. B. Lourié & A. Orlov (Piscataway, NJ; Gorgias, 2009), 129-172; [PDF]
"The Divine 'Face' and the 'Angels of the Face': Jewish Apocalyptic Themes in Early Christology and Pneumatology,"in Apocalyptic Themes in Early Christianity (Edited by Robert Daly, S.J.; Baker Academic, 2009). [PDF]
“Exegesis of Isaiah 11:2 in Aphrahat the Persian Sage,” in Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality (Edited by Craig Evans; London / New York: T & T Clark International), 2009; [PDF]
"The Angelomorphic Spirit in Early Christianity: Revelation, the Shepherd of Hermas, Clement of Alexandria," in The Theophaneia School: Jewish Roots of Christian Mysticism (Edited by A. Orlov and B. Lurie; Scrinium 3; St. Petersburg: Byzantinorossica, 2007): 3-29.
Book Reviews:
A. Lange, H. Lichtenberger, K. F. D. Römheld (eds.), Die Dämonen: Die Dämonologie der Israelitisch-Jüdischen und Frühchristlichen Literatur im Kontext ihrer Umwelt (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2003). Theological Studies 65 (2004) 630-631;[PDF]
Norman Russell, The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). Theological Studies 67 (2006) 674-675; [PDF]
Henny Fiskå Hägg, Clement of Alexandria and the Beginnings of Christian Apophaticism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006) Theological Studies 68 (2007); [PDF]
Dale Allison, Studies in Matthew: Interpretation Past and Present (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005). Review of Biblical Literature; [PDF]
Dan Jaffé, Le judaïsme et l'avènement du christianisme: Orthodoxie et hétérodoxie dans la literature talmudique Ier-IIe siècle (Paris: Cerf, 2005). Journal of Early Christian Studies 16(2008): 257-59 [PDF];
Dan Jaffé, Le Talmud et les origines juives du christianisme (Paris: Cerf, 2007). Review of Biblical Literature; [PDF]
Edith E. Humphrey, And I Turned To See the Voice: The Rhetoric of Vision in the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2007). Anglican Theological Review 91(2009): 161-162; [PDF].
George E. Demacopoulos, Five Models of Spiritual Direction in the Early Church (Notre Dame
University Press, 2007). Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 62 (2010).
Review of Re-Thinking Dionysius the Areopagite (ed. Sarah Coakley and Charles Stang;
Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009). Theological Studies 71 (2010):750-751.[PDF]
Melvin K. H. Peters, ed., XIII Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Ljubljana, 2007 (SBLSCS 55; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2008): Catholic Biblical Quarterly 73 (2011): 189-190;[PDF]
Robert J. H. Hiebert (ed.), "Translation Is Required": The Septuagint in Retrospect and Prospect (SBLSCS 56; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2010): Catholic Biblical Quarterly (forthcoming).
Dmitrij Bumazhnov, Visio mystica im Spannungsfeld frühchristlicher Überlieferungen: Die Lehre der sogenannten Antoniusbriefe von der Gottes- und Engelschau und das Problem unterschiedlicher spiritueller Traditionen im frühen Ägyptischen Mönchtum (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2009): Journal of Early Christian Studies (forthcoming).
BOGDAN G. BUCUR, PH.D.
Duquesne University, Department of Theology
600 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
ph: 412-396-6530
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