La théogonie orphique des Pseudo-Clémentines dans sa fonction littéraire et polémique

La théogonie orphique des Pseudo-Clémentines dans sa fonction littéraire et polémiqueApocryphaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/QWK4IC7D/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.DominiqueCôtéLa théogonie orphique des Pseudo-Clémentines dans sa fonction littéraire et polémiquehttp://syriaca.org/cbss/QWK4IC7Dhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/QWK4IC7Dhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/QWK4IC7DApocrypha32202185-122There is an orphic theogony in both versions of the pseudo-clementine novel, the Homilies and the Recognitions. Scholars doing research on orphism have tried to identify the type of theogony to which the pseudoclementine variants belonged. Pseudo-Clementine scholars, while asking the same question, were also interested in tracing the source behind the theogony and determining where this source fitted in the Pseudo-Clementines redactional history. However, few scholars showed interest in the literary function of the Pseudo-Clementines orphic theogony and asked themselves, in other words, what the story of Clement had anything to do with a discussion about Orpheus and his theogony. The first part of this paper will give an overview of the Pseudo-Clementines orphic theogony in its two variations, according to the current state of research. The second part will deal with the orphic theogony’s role in the novel’s structure. The importance of reading the Homilies and the Recognitions as literary works will be emphasized and the polemical dimension of their orphic theogony, in the 4th century context of rivalry between Christians and Platonists, will be pointed out at the same time. Côté, Dominique. “La Théogonie Orphique Des Pseudo-Clémentines Dans Sa Fonction Littéraire et Polémique.” Apocrypha 32 (2021): 85–122. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1484/J.APOCRA.5.129986. Dominique Côté, La Théogonie Orphique Des Pseudo-Clémentines Dans Sa Fonction Littéraire et Polémique,” Apocrypha 32 (2021): 85–122, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1484/J.APOCRA.5.129986.Greek philosophyIV CEIV-VII CENT apocryphaPseudo-Clementinespaganismpolemic