La emoción de la alegría en los Escolios a los salmos de Evagrio Póntico
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2023
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Wydawnictwo KUL
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En este artículo se propone analizar el tratamiento que otorga Evagrio Póntico a las emociones, especialmente la alegría, en sus "Escolios a los salmos". En primer lugar, se contextualizará la obra de Evagrio, que acaba de ser publicada, con sus características propias, tanto de género literario cuanto a lo concerniente al tipo de exégesis evagriana. Luego, se abordarán el lugar que ocupan en el texto las emociones, haciendo particular hincapié en una de ellas, la alegría, a partir del análisis de todas las ocurrencias del concepto en los Escolios. Como resultado, se observa que la hermenéutica evagriana de los salmos, al menos para el caso de la alegría, es fundamentalmente alegórica lo cual imposibilitaría o negaría la existencia de la alegría en el hombre según su sentido clásico, ya que sólo puede experimentarse como la reacción ante la posesión de un bien espiritual, que es la gnosis o conocimiento de Dios. De esta manera, los "Escolios a los salmos" apoyan la interpretación fundamentalmente espiritualista de la doctrina de Evagrio Póntico.
In this paper I propose to analyse Evagrius Ponticus' treatment of emotions, especially happiness, in his "Scholia to the Psalms". First, I will contextualise Evagrius' work, which has just been published, with its own characteristics, both in terms of literary genre and in terms of the type of Evagrian exegesis. Then, the place of emotions in the text will be discussed, with particular emphasis on happiness, on the basis of the analysis of all the occurrences of that concept in the Scholia. As a result, it is observed that Evagrius' hermeneutic of the Psalms, at least in the case of happiness, is fundamentally allegorical, which would make impossible the existence of happiness in man in its classical sense, since it could only be experienced as the reaction to the possession of a spiritual good, which is gnosis or knowledge of God. In this way, the "Scholia to the Psalms" support the spiritualistic interpretation of Evagrius’ doctrine.
In this paper I propose to analyse Evagrius Ponticus' treatment of emotions, especially happiness, in his "Scholia to the Psalms". First, I will contextualise Evagrius' work, which has just been published, with its own characteristics, both in terms of literary genre and in terms of the type of Evagrian exegesis. Then, the place of emotions in the text will be discussed, with particular emphasis on happiness, on the basis of the analysis of all the occurrences of that concept in the Scholia. As a result, it is observed that Evagrius' hermeneutic of the Psalms, at least in the case of happiness, is fundamentally allegorical, which would make impossible the existence of happiness in man in its classical sense, since it could only be experienced as the reaction to the possession of a spiritual good, which is gnosis or knowledge of God. In this way, the "Scholia to the Psalms" support the spiritualistic interpretation of Evagrius’ doctrine.
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Evagrio Póntico, Exégesis patrística, Emociones, Alegría, Evagrius Ponticus, Patristic exegesis, Emotions, Happiness
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"Vox Patrum", 2023, T. 85, s. 105-119