Martyrium Polycarpi 15,2 as Theophany in the Light of the Reference to Ex 3,2–5 and Zech 2,9

• Authors: Kozlowski Jan M.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Hitherto undetected references in Martryium Polycarpi 15,2 to Ex 3,2–5 and Zech 2,9 suggest that the author of the martyrdom wanted to communicate to the reader that in the scene of Polycarp’s burning at the stake we are dealing with an image of theophanic meaning, analogous to the fiery theophanies in the Old Testament.

Keywords

EN

Polycarp; Martyrdom of Polycarp; burning at stake; fire; theophany; burning bush; Book of Exodus; Book of Zechariah; intertextuality

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 129-142

Contributors

author

Kozlowski Jan M.