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Matthieu Pageau

Disciplines:
theology
theology/philosophy of religion
art/iconography
theology/biblical symbolism

Summary

Canadian iconographer and symbolist (born 1978), brother of Jonathan Pageau. Author of The Language of Creation, which develops a systematic theory of biblical symbolic language. Works in the Orthodox Christian iconographic tradition and applies its principles to biblical hermeneutics.

Core Contribution

Developed a comprehensive theory of biblical symbolism as a coherent language of pattern and meaning, rooted in Orthodox Christian iconography and applicable across scripture and tradition.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • The Language of Creation
  • biblical symbolic grammar
  • center-periphery cosmology
  • Orthodox iconography

Notable Works & Achievements

The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis

Historical Influences

Orthodox Christianity Jordan B. Peterson Rene Guenon biblical typology

Intellectual Lineage

Orthodox iconographic tradition Jordan B. Peterson Rene Guenon Owen Barfield

Contemporaries & Peers

Jonathan Pageau Jordan B. Peterson John Vervaeke

Minds Influenced

Jonathan Pageau symbolic Christianity movementJordan Peterson community

Intellectual Posterity

The Language of Creation influence on Jonathan Pageau's workPeterson-adjacent readers

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