Sandrine Caneri

This article examines biblical scenes of encounter at a well, a recurring motif in the Old and New Testaments. Through an exegetical and typological approach, Sandrine Caneri analyzes several episodes featuring women beside a well, identifying the common narrative structures that run through them. The central idea is that these encounters do not constitute mere isolated pericopes, but form a coherent network of theological meanings. The author highlights the consistency of an underlying nuptial metaphor, in which the face-to-face meeting between a man and a woman at the water's edge figures the relationship between God and the human being. The contribution of the article lies in shedding light on the typological coherence of this motif throughout the biblical corpus as a whole, thereby enriching the theological reading of these texts.

This article examines the law of retaliation ("an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth") in light of the teaching of Christ and the rabbinical tradition. Sandrine Caneri conducts an exegetical and comparative study that places this Old Testament legal principle in its historical and hermeneutical context, bringing Jewish and Christian readings of the text into dialogue. The central idea is that the law of retaliation, often reduced to a logic of vengeance, has an original scope of limiting violence and ensuring proportional justice, which Christ radicalizes and transcends in the Sermon on the Mount. The contribution of the article lies in bringing Jewish and Christian exegetical traditions into dialogue, demonstrating their complementarity for a renewed understanding of this precept and its transcendence in evangelical ethics.

This article focuses on the presence of the ox and the donkey in the Christian iconography of the Nativity of Christ. Sandrine Caneri conducts an exegetical and iconographic study combining the analysis of visual representations of the nativity scene with the scriptural sources of the Old and New Testaments. The main idea is that these two animals, far from being mere decorative elements, convey a precise theological meaning rooted in the Hebrew biblical tradition. The article makes a twofold contribution: it highlights the typological continuity between the two Testaments and sheds light on the connections between Jewish and Christian traditions in the construction of the meaning of the feast of the Nativity. This contribution is of interest to specialists in Byzantine iconography as well as to researchers in exegesis and the theology of religions.

This article by Sandrine Caneri focuses on the resurrection of the dead as addressed in the controversy between Jesus and the Sadducees, reported in the Synoptic Gospels. The study adopts a comparative approach between Christian and Jewish traditions, drawing on the resources of biblical exegesis and rabbinical literature. The central idea is that Christ's teaching on the resurrection can only be fully understood in the light of its Jewish context, of which it extends and transforms certain fundamental insights. The main contribution of the article lies in highlighting a significant convergence between the patristic tradition and the midrash, a convergence that has hitherto been little explored. This rapprochement opens up new perspectives for the theological interpretation of the resurrection and for the dialogue between Christian exegesis and Jewish hermeneutics.