Об элементах деконструктивного подхода в экзегезе Иоанна Златоуста

Abstract

This article attempts to identify elements of deconstruction in the exegetical practices of John Chrysostom. To achieve this goal, a brief description of the basic principles and purpose of deconstruction is given and deconstructive practices in the exegesis of John Chrysostom are revealed. The authors conclude that the following elements of deconstructive strategy are implicitly present in exegesis: preserving and updating the tradition, searching for what was forgotten in it; replenishment, indicating the openness of the text and its non-identity; the issue of translation and language of concepts; focusing on paradoxes and intractability; discovering the natural metaphoricity of words and concepts; focus on context, etymology, words, prepositions, particles, prefixes. In exegesis, as in deconstruction, the outcome of interpretation is not guaranteed as methodically achievable knowledge. Thus, the deconstructivist strategy retains the classical philosophical motive of continuous renewal of knowledge and is a certain form of exegete that protects tradition from stagnation.