Aither is a double-blind peer review, Open Access online academic journal. It is indexed at ERIH+ and Scopus. It is published by the Faculty of Arts of the Palacký University in Olomouc in cooperation with the Philosophical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. It comes out twice a year. Every second issue is international and contains foreign-language articles (mainly in English, but also in German and French). The journal is registered under the number ISSN 1803-7860.
Aither 23/2020 (International issue no. 7):112-143 | DOI: 10.5507/aither.2020.007
In his motto, Giordano Bruno places his philosophy in the tradition of the wisdom of Solomon and the philosophy of Pythagoras. But the procedure proves to be problematic. Bruno neither correctly reproduces the wording of the book Ecclesiastes, nor does he explain the identification of biblical and Greek-Pagan teaching. The question arises how Bruno understands his sources. It turns out that the interpretation of the Book of Ecclesiastes takes place early in the intercultural context of the contact between the Bible and philosophy. As a result, the biblical text experiences significant shifts in meaning, which are taken up and continued in the course of the history of the commentary. Bruno's motto can thus be reconsidered in the context of a broad reception history.
Published: March 30, 2020 Show citation
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