Parlare in lingue e insegnare nella tradizione esegetica bizantina ai tempi di Cirillo e Metodio

SPEAKING IN TONGUES AND TEACHING IN THE BYZANTINE EXEGETICAL TRADITION AT THE TIME OF CONSTANTINE-CYRIL AND METHODIUS (abstract) The long passage from the first Letter to the Corinthians, quoted in the Life of Constantine-Cyril (in particular 1Cor.14, 19), deals with a fundamental theme of the Cyril-Methodian mission, “speaking in tongues” and teaching. The paper examines this theme, present in the Cyril-Methodian sources, in the light of the Byzantine exegetical tradition at the time of Constantine-Cyril and Methodius. In particular, it focuses on Question 65 of the Greek miscellany Soterios, created in Constantinople in those years and translated into Slavic at the time of the Tsar Simeon. The Question 65, brief but complex collection of biblical and patristic passages, is a true apology of the bible, which contains clear indications on the topic of “speaking in tongues” and teaching and can be considered a source of inspiration for the Thessalonican brothers’s activities.