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.
In journals:
"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 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.; forthcoming at Baker Academic). [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 (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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