Ratzinger’s exegesis on “the parable of the good Samaritan” (Lk 10,25-37) in his work Jesus von Nazareth (Herder Verlag 2007) offers a personal reading of the evangelic passage, which highlights the depth and the intensity of a downright interior development. This development is expressed through noteworthy linguistic and rhetorical elements, which lead the reader to follow the author in his narration, developed in a graduated melding of voices and points of view (I, we, we all, everyone). The three evolving introspective levels are the stylistic mirror of the progressive author’s immersion into the text: first, the narrator’s starting point of view (Luke the Evangelist); second, the perspective of the parable’s protagonist (the Samaritan); finally, the holistic point of view of God made flesh and become neighbor in the person of Jesus. The reader is invited to personally involve himself in this interior developmental path. All rhetorical devices, with which Ratzinger reads Jesus’ answer contained in the parable, help the reader understand the semantic nuances of the evangelic passage. They reveal the aim of the “informative” act (the truth contained in it) to become “performative”, in order to challenge every reader in his free personal answer.
L’esegesi operata da J. Ratzinger della “parabola del buon Samaritano” (Lc 10, 25-37) nel testo Jesus von Nazareth (Herder Verlag 2007) offre una lettura personale del brano evangelico che evidenzia la profondità e l’intensità di un vero e proprio cammino interiore. Tale cammino è espresso attraverso passaggi linguistico-retorici degni di nota, grazie ai quali l’immedesimazione personale si articola in un progressivo mescolarsi di voci e prospettive (ich, wir, wir alle, jeder). I tre livelli introspettivi in cui esso si articola sono lo specchio stilistico di una immersione dell’autore nell’iniziale punto di vista del narratore (l’evangelista Luca), nella successiva prospettiva del protagonista della parabola (il Samaritano) e infine nella più completa prospettiva del Dio fattosi prossimo in Gesú. In tale cammino il lettore è chiamato a coinvolgersi in prima persona. Gli artifici retorici, con i quali Ratzinger legge la risposta di Gesù contenuta nella parabola del Samaritano, aiutano a cogliere le sfumature semantiche racchiuse nel racconto, le quali svelano l’intento dell’atto informativo (la verità dell’insegnamento in esso racchiusa): divenire atto performativo volto a sfidare ogni lettore in una libera risposta personale.
Salvato, L. A., Analisi linguistico-retorica di Joseph Ratzinger: "Das Gleichnis vom barmherzigen Samariter", <<L'ANALISI LINGUISTICA E LETTERARIA>>, 2011; 2010/XVIII (2): 357-375 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/13760]
Analisi linguistico-retorica di Joseph Ratzinger: "Das Gleichnis vom barmherzigen Samariter"
Salvato, Lucia Amelia
2010
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Ratzinger’s exegesis on “the parable of the good Samaritan” (Lk 10,25-37) in his work Jesus von Nazareth (Herder Verlag 2007) offers a personal reading of the evangelic passage, which highlights the depth and the intensity of a downright interior development. This development is expressed through noteworthy linguistic and rhetorical elements, which lead the reader to follow the author in his narration, developed in a graduated melding of voices and points of view (I, we, we all, everyone). The three evolving introspective levels are the stylistic mirror of the progressive author’s immersion into the text: first, the narrator’s starting point of view (Luke the Evangelist); second, the perspective of the parable’s protagonist (the Samaritan); finally, the holistic point of view of God made flesh and become neighbor in the person of Jesus. The reader is invited to personally involve himself in this interior developmental path. All rhetorical devices, with which Ratzinger reads Jesus’ answer contained in the parable, help the reader understand the semantic nuances of the evangelic passage. They reveal the aim of the “informative” act (the truth contained in it) to become “performative”, in order to challenge every reader in his free personal answer.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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