Look up anagoge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Anagoge (ἀναγωγή), sometimes spelled anagogy, is a Greek word suggesting a "climb" or "ascent" upwards. The anagogical is a method of mystical or spiritual interpretation of statements or events, especially scripturalexegesis, that detects allusions to the afterlife.[1]
Certain medieval theologians describe four methods of interpreting the scriptures: literal/historical, tropological, allegorical, and anagogical. Hugh of St. Victor, in De scripturis et scriptoribus sacris, distinguished anagoge, as a kind of allegory, from simple allegory.[2] He differentiated in the following way: in a simple allegory, an invisible action is (simply) signified or represented by a visible action; Anagoge is that "reasoning upwards" (sursum ductio), when, from the visible, the invisible action is disclosed or revealed.[3]
The four methods of interpretation point in four different directions: The literal/historical backwards to the past, the allegoric forwards to the future, the tropological downwards to the moral/human, and the anagogic upwards to the spiritual/heavenly.[4]
In a letter to his patron Can Grande della Scala, the poet Dante explained that his Divine Comedy could be read both literally and allegorically; and that the allegorical meaning could be subdivided into the moral and the anagogical.[5]
^Encyclopædia Britannica Online, s. v. "anagogical interpretation", accessed October 11, 2012
^"De Scripturis et Scriptoribus Sacris", in Hugonis de S. Victore... Opera Omnia, I (of 3), Patrologia Latina Vol. 175 (J.-P. Migne, 1854), columns 9-28, Chapter III: De triplici intelligentia sacrae Scripturae, at Column 12, loc. B.
^"... est simplex allegoria, cum per visibile factum aliud invisibile factum significatur. Anagoge, id est sursum ductio, cum per visibile invisibile factum declaratur."
anagoge, look, anagoge, wiktionary, free, dictionary, ἀναγωγή, sometimes, spelled, anagogy, greek, word, suggesting, climb, ascent, upwards, anagogical, method, mystical, spiritual, interpretation, statements, events, especially, scriptural, exegesis, that, de. Look up anagoge in Wiktionary the free dictionary Anagoge ἀnagwgh sometimes spelled anagogy is a Greek word suggesting a climb or ascent upwards The anagogical is a method of mystical or spiritual interpretation of statements or events especially scriptural exegesis that detects allusions to the afterlife 1 Certain medieval theologians describe four methods of interpreting the scriptures literal historical tropological allegorical and anagogical Hugh of St Victor in De scripturis et scriptoribus sacris distinguished anagoge as a kind of allegory from simple allegory 2 He differentiated in the following way in a simple allegory an invisible action is simply signified or represented by a visible action Anagoge is that reasoning upwards sursum ductio when from the visible the invisible action is disclosed or revealed 3 The four methods of interpretation point in four different directions The literal historical backwards to the past the allegoric forwards to the future the tropological downwards to the moral human and the anagogic upwards to the spiritual heavenly 4 In a letter to his patron Can Grande della Scala the poet Dante explained that his Divine Comedy could be read both literally and allegorically and that the allegorical meaning could be subdivided into the moral and the anagogical 5 See also EditAllegorical interpretation of the Bible Biblical hermeneutics Historical grammatical method Arcs of Descent and AscentReferences Edit Encyclopaedia Britannica Online s v anagogical interpretation accessed October 11 2012 De Scripturis et Scriptoribus Sacris in Hugonis de S Victore Opera Omnia I of 3 Patrologia Latina Vol 175 J P Migne 1854 columns 9 28 Chapter III De triplici intelligentia sacrae Scripturae at Column 12 loc B est simplex allegoria cum per visibile factum aliud invisibile factum significatur Anagoge id est sursum ductio cum per visibile invisibile factum declaratur Charles Cummings Monastic Practices CS 75 Kalamazoo Cistercian Publications 1986 14 15 Dante 1949 The Divine Comedy Vol I Hell Translated by Dorothy L Sayers Penguin Classics pp 14 15 This article about biblical studies is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anagoge amp oldid 1111419827, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
