The Bible in Athanasius of Alexandria

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-391-04176-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 486 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 767 g

Reihe: The Bible in Ancient Christianity

This study examines rhetorical and exegetical appropriations of Scripture especially in the Greek corpus of the writings of Athanasius of Alexandria, the fourth-century bishop famous for his role in the establishment of Nicene orthodoxy. An introductory chapter surveys earlier scholarship on Athanasian exegesis and on intertextual usage in related literatures. Subsequent chapters examine Athanasius’s practice in his apologetic, dogmatic-polemical, dogmatic-historical, and pastoral writings. His writings interpret the Bible as a unified account that explains salvation in terms of the incarnation of the uncreated Word of God and models it through the positive and negative examples of various biblical characters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ernest, James D

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelausgaben, Bibelkonkordanzen, Synopsen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

James D. Ernest, Ph.D. (2000) in history of Christian life and thought (Theology), Boston College, is an editor at Baker Academic. He edited and translated C. Spicq, Theological Lexicon of the New Testament (Hendrickson, 1994).