Third Annual Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Student Conference in Patristic Studies Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline, Massachusetts March 15-17, 2007 Sponsored by the Stephen and Catherine Pappas Patristic Institute of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Table of Contents Conference Schedule ……………….……………………………………………………………………...6 Presenters and Respondents……………………………………………………..…………………...14 by Presenter’s Name by Respondent’s Name Hotel Information and Van Shuttle Schedule…………………………………….………23 Paper Abstracts………………………………………………………………………………………….…....24 Conference Participants Information…………………………………………. …………………57 Institutions Represented ………………….…………………………………………. …………………67 Floor Plan of Conference Center….…………………………………………. …………………68 Handout for Friday Evening: Preparing for Academic Publication………..69 Third Annual Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Student Conference in Patristic Studies March 15-17, 2007 Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline, Massachusetts Thursday, March 15, 2007 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Registration: Maliotis Center 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Chapel Service: Vespers 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Meal: Condakes Refectory 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM Opening Reception: Welcome and Introductory Remarks, Maliotis Center 7:30 PM - 8:15 PM Plenary Session: 1 Nestor Kavvadas, Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Tübingen The theological anthropology of Isaac of Nineveh and its sources: a synthesis of antiochian and alexandrinian traditions? Respondent: Ivar Maksutov, Moscow State University Friday, March 16, 2007 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Orthros: Chapel 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM Breakfast: Condakes Refectory Page 6 of 70 Friday, March 16, 2007 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM Plenary Session: 2 Ian Gerdon, St. John’s University School of Theology The Christology of St. John Damascene in the 'Treatises' on Icons Respondent: Marios Benisis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM Parallel Session: 1 James Patterson, University of Texas at Austin Christian Morality and Pagan Literature: Clarifying Augustine’s Attitude toward Terence Respondent: Lisa Gonzalez, Fuller Theological Seminary Reuben L. Harper, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Energy, Holy Light, and the Division in Christendom Respondent: Jude Aaron Harmon, Harvard Divinity School David C. Robinson, University of St. Michael’s College Apostate Angels and Apologetics: The reception and application of 1 Enoch’s fallen angel myth in early Christianity Respondent: Jonathan Loopstra, Catholic University of America 11:15 AM - 11:55 AM Parallel Session: 2 Mark Tarpley, SMU St. Augustine of Hippo, the Three Goods of Marriage, and the Modern Christian Family Debate Respondent: Stuart Squires, Catholic University of America Henry Shapiro, Harvard Divinity School Holy War in the Digenis Akritis? Respondent: Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent, Brown University Paschalis Gkortsilas, University of Thessaloniki “Paul’s mouth”. John Chrysostom’s seven encomiums to Paul. A rhetorical and philological study Respondent: Scott D. Moringiello, University of Notre Dame 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Meal: Condakes Refectory; Bookstore Open Page 7 of 70 Friday, March 16, 2007 1:00 PM - 1:40 PM Parallel Session: 3 Deacon Andualem Dagmawi, University of St. Michael’s College The Hymnological Exposition of St. Yared on the Person and Work of Christ Respondent: Aaron Overby, University of Salzburg, Austria Fr. David Mezynski, St. Tikhon's Seminary The therapeutic and collegial aspects of authority as reflected in the correspondence of Barsanuphius and John Respondent: Yury Arzhanov, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Matt Drever, University of Chicago Augustine's conception of the imago dei Adrian Guiu, University of Chicago, Divinity School Hermeneutics and the Theology of the Imago Dei in Augustine’s “De Coctrina Christiana:” Reading “De Doctrina Christiana” in the horizon of “Confessiones” and “De Trinitate” 1:45 PM - 2:25 PM Parallel Session: 4 Daniel Larison, University of Chicago, program Monotheletes as “mataiophrones:” The Function and Value of a Heresy Label in Anastasios of Sinai Respondent: Benjamin de Lee, University of California, Los Angeles Jared Ortiz, Catholic University of America St. Irenaeus and the Primacy of Rome Respondent: Marcos A. Ramos, O.P., St. Michael's College Tom Dallianis, Augustinianum Institute Didymus the Blind Rediscovered Respondent: Gene Fojtik, University of Chicago Matthew Simington, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Constantine’s Rhetoric of Creation Respondent: Ian Drummond, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary 2:25 PM - 2:55 PM Break 2:55 PM - 4:10 PM Area Meetings Page 8 of 70 Friday, March 16, 2007 4:15 PM - 4:55 PM Parallel Session: 5 F. Robert Latimer, UCLA The Politics of Iconoclasm during the Reign of Irene Respondent: Hellen Dayton, Harvard Divinity School Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent, Brown University Identity Formation and the Miaphysite Hagiography of John of Ephesus Respondent: Henry Shapiro, Harvard Divinity School Leonidas Pittos, University of Chicago Proving the History of Theology: Contextualizing Pseudo-Dionysius in the Cultural Debates of Late Antiquity Respondent: Alexander Huggard, Marquette University Shawn Cho, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Augustine’s Critique of the Platonic Understanding of the Immortality of the Soul Respondent: Gene Fojtik, University of Chicago 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Chapel Service: Vespers 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Meal: Condakes Refectory 7:00 PM - 7:15 PM Short Break 7:15 PM - 7:55 PM Discussion: Panel: Preparing for Publication Dr. Susan R. Holman, Independent Scholar Vladimir Kharlamov , Drew University Rev. Dr. Robert Daly, Boston College Saturday, March 17, 2007 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Breakfast: Continental Breakfast at Maliotis Center 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Plenary Session: 3 Yury Arzhanov, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Christianity and Judaism in South Arabia before the Rise of Islam Respondent: Eva Stathi, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Page 9 of 70 Saturday, March 17, 2007 9:35 AM - 10:15 AM Parallel Session: 6 James Lee, University of Notre Dame Mind and Memory: Recollection as Askesis And the Elevation of the Nous According to Basil and Nazienzen Respondent: Dragos Andrei Giulea, Marquette University Dn. Nicholas E. Denysenko, The Catholic University of America Psalm 81: Announcing the Resurrection on Holy Saturday Respondent: Deacon Andualem Dagmawi, University of St. Michael’s College Jonathan Loopstra, Catholic University of America CliffsNotes® to the Cappadocians: Handbooks for the Correct Reading of Gregory Nazianzus in the Syriac Tradition Respondent: Nestor Kavvadas, Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Tübingen 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Break 10:45 AM - 11:25 AM Parallel Session: 7 Scott D. Moringiello, University of Notre Dame The Rhetoric of Martyrdom in Irenaeus’s Adversus Haereses Respondent: Jared Ortiz, Catholic University of America Ian Drummond, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Eusebi Philo Christianus: Aspects of Eusebius' Appropriation of the "Christian" Philo in Praeparito Evangelium Respondent: Drew Maxwell, University of St Michael's College Alexander Huggard, Marquette University Will Satan be saved at the teloß tou aiwniou? An examination of Nyssen’s exegesis of 1 Corinthians 15:28 and the theology of apokatastasiß. Respondent: Shawn Cho, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Sébastien Falardeau, Université de Montréal Exegetical Structure in the Homily of Saint Augustine Page 10 of 70 Saturday, March 17, 2007 11:30 AM - 12:10 PM Parallel Session: 8 Tia Jamir, Dallas Theological Seminary Origen against Hellenism: Origen’s use of Romans to forge Christianness Respondent: Tom Dallianis, Augustinianum Institute Jeffrey A. Keiser, McGill University Life in the Flesh: Greek Patristic Interpretations of Galatians 2:20 Respondent: David C. Robinson, University of St. Michael’s College Stuart Squires, Catholic University of America Ambrose in the Shadows: The Presence of the Bishop of Milan in the Correspondence between Jerome and Augustine Respondent: Sébastien Falardeau, Université de Montréal Drew Maxwell, University of St Michael's College Imperial Corrective: Monks in the Golden Age of Byzantine Monasticism Respondent: Dn. Nicholas E. Denysenko, The Catholic University of America 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Meal: Condakes Refectory 1:15 PM - 1:55 PM Parallel Session: 9 Ivar Maksutov, Moscow State University Origins of the “Myth” of John Chrysostom Respondent: Paschalis Gkortsilas, University of Thessaloniki Jarno Wassen, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary An Orthodox Origenism in Evagrios Pontikos? Respondent: Ian Gerdon, St. John’s University School of Theology Marios Benisis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The Depiction of the Coronation of Byzantine Emperor in the Art Respondent: F. Robert Latimer, UCLA Marcos A. Ramos, O.P., St. Michael's College unctus est a Patre Spiritu: The Spirit in the Baptism of Jesus, according to Irenaeus of Lyons’ Adversus haereses Respondent: Jeffrey A. Keiser, McGill University Page 11 of 70 Saturday, March 17, 2007 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM Parallel Session: 10 Benjamin de Lee, University of California, Los Angeles How Theological Dialogue becomes Theological Polemic: The Hesychast Controversy as a Case Study Respondent: Jared Bryant, Dallas Theological Seminary Dawn LaValle, University of Notre Dame The Acts of Paul and Thecla as Subverted Romantic Novel Respondent: Tia Jamir, Dallas Theological Seminary Ann R. Woods, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities Why