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The Dwelling of God: The Theology Behind Marian Ark of the Covenant Typology of the First Millennium

Schafer, Stuart
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1613166917042061

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2020, Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.), University of Dayton, International Marian Research Institute.
This work examines Marian Ark of the Covenant typology in Scripture, Patristic era, and liturgical sources of the first Millennium. Greek texts of Luke 1, John 1, and Revelation 11:19-12 exhibit Ark and closely related Shekinah and Tabernacle allusions consistent with the operation of contemporaneous Jewish exegetical principles such as Hillel’s rules of interpretation, and with early Jewish traditions of the Exodus, Ark, and Shekinah. The syntax of the three texts is consistent with Semitic translation Greek. All of these Scriptures have Incarnational contexts. Lucan investigation furthers the findings of Rene Laurentin. Luke and Revelation support Mary as individual realization of a corporate person in a context of eschatological joy. John and Revelation portray the advent of the Word using cycles of heavenly, earthly, witness, and wilderness phases. The Shekinah is referenced in all three texts. Ark and Shekinah allusions are seen in the Protoevangelium of James, and in the Transitus Mariae, which also references Psalms 44(45) and 131(132). Patristic writers include Marian attributes of the Ark such as holiness, protection, and effulgence, and associate her with closely related Dwelling of God constructs found in Exodus 25 such as tabernacle and sanctuary/temple. Ark typology is taken up in ancient Eastern Church liturgies from at least fifth century Jerusalem as seen in a Georgian chant book and a feast of Mary Type of the Old Ark, and is prominent in Dormition liturgies. Texts from all the major ancient Churches were included. An investigation of later Western post-Patristic writers to 1200 and liturgies was made, and though rich Ark references are not found, the same Ark attributes are present, but with Mary as tabernacle and sanctuary/temple, and frequent reference to Sirach 24 and Canticles vs. the Psalms in the East. Three Hebrew Biblical verbs of dwelling that show increasing permanency, found in Judges 5 with Greek equivalents in Ephesians 2, resonate with the three Thomistic degrees of divine dwelling in the soul. Mary possesses the highest degree of dwelling possible for human nature, outside of the Hypostatic Union unique to Christ. Grace dwelt in her without sin’s limitation, and she made a total consecration of herself to Christ’s mission. In eschatological completion, she shares in the Holy Spirit's mission of binding Christ to the human race and especially to His members, as an earthly mother binds her human family together. Mary is in the center of us because she is in the center of Christ, clothed in His glory and grace from the beginning. As mother she protects us with her powerful intercession before God, as she has been protected by the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit and the wings of the eagle. The inanimate Ark and Temple become living in Mary and in Christ's members, bearers of the divine presence. Appendices provide extensive original quotations with English translations, and the raw data for the Greek syntax analysis.
Bertrand Buby (Committee Chair)
Johann Roten (Committee Member)
Bakpenam Abalodo (Committee Member)
531 p.
Biblical Studies; Theology
Mary; Theotokos; Typology; Ark of the Covenant; Laurentin; Manns; Shekinah; Tabernacle; Jewish exegesis; Jewish Traditions; Exodus; Transitus; Patristics; Ancient Liturgies; Annunciation; Visitation; Dormition; Entry into the Temple; Corporate Personality

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  • Schafer, S. (2020). The Dwelling of God: The Theology Behind Marian Ark of the Covenant Typology of the First Millennium [Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1613166917042061

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  • Schafer, Stuart. The Dwelling of God: The Theology Behind Marian Ark of the Covenant Typology of the First Millennium. 2020. University of Dayton, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1613166917042061.

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  • Schafer, Stuart. "The Dwelling of God: The Theology Behind Marian Ark of the Covenant Typology of the First Millennium." Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1613166917042061

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