Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-315) and indexes.

Preliminary material / Assaad Elias Kattan -- DIE LOGOSLEHRE DES MAXIMUS CONFESSOR / Assaad Elias Kattan -- DER MYSTISCHE AUFSTIEG BEI MAXIMUS CONFESSOR / Assaad Elias Kattan -- DIE MAXIMINISCHE BIBELHERMENEUTIK / Assaad Elias Kattan -- ZUSAMMENFASSUNG UND AUSWERTUNG DER ERGEBNISSE / Assaad Elias Kattan -- LITERATURVERZEICHNIS / Assaad Elias Kattan -- BIBELREGISTER / Assaad Elias Kattan -- SACHREGISTER / Assaad Elias Kattan -- NAMENREGISTER / Assaad Elias Kattan -- SUPPLEMENTS TO VIGILIAE CHRISTIANAE / Assaad Elias Kattan.

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This volume examines the biblical hermeneutics of Maximus the Confessor (579/580-662). Although some aspects of the Confessor's hermeneutical approach had already been tackled, a comprehensive analysis was still missing. Accordingly, this book fills a gap in Patristic studies. The study consists of three chapters. The first one deals with the logoi theory of Maximus being the ontological nucleus around which his whole theological thinking is organized. The second chapter examines Maximus' understanding of mystical ascension. Equipped with the \'ontological\' and \'mystical\' foundation, the third chapter analyzes thoroughly the hermeneutics of Maximus as such, attempting to show its coherence and rootedness in the general christological perspective of the Confessor. This book will be of benefit not only for byzantinists and patrologists, but also for biblical scholars interested in the history of hermeneutics and exegesis as well as for historians of philosophy and medieval ideas.

Summary in French.