This volume collects contributions on the theme of prolepsis in Antiquity, Middle Ages, and Renaissance. As the interest in this topic grows, our goal is to provide a first attempt at adopting an all-encompassing approach, which thematizes prolepsis as a pivotal hermeneutic tool to “read” into different times and contexts. While the first section maintains a more traditional literary approach to the topic, the second section hosts a reflection on the relationship between prolepsis and kingship within historiographical accounts. The chapters of the third section revolve around a religious interpretation of prolepsis, creating an overview of theological practices and narrations connected to foreshadowing through time. Section four hosts chapters that differ significantly in their individual fields but share the common understanding of a practical application of prolepsis in the ancient Greek world, with a specific technical focus. The three essays of the fifth and final section explore entirely different conceptualizations, delving into alternative notions of prolepsis, combining approaches and maintaining a more methodological focus.

本作は、予兆や先取りを意味するプロレプシスという概念を軸に、古代からルネサンスに至るまでの精神史を鮮やかに再構築した野心的な一冊です。単なる文学的技法の解説に留まらず、歴史の潮流や宗教的真理の中に未来の影を見出す試みは、読者を時間の制約から解き放つ深遠な知の冒険へと誘います。 権力闘争の記録から神学的な思索まで、多層的なアプローチで描かれるのは、不確かな未来を言葉によって手繰り寄せようとした人類の執念に他なりません。テクストの隙間に埋め込まれた伏線が、時代を超えて現代の我々の視座をも揺さぶる瞬間、読書体験は運命そのものを解読するような至高の悦びへと昇華されるはずです。