Exploring Gregory of Nyssa : philosophical, theological, and historical / edited by Anna Marmodoro, Neil B. McLynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marmodoro, Anna, Editor.

Contributor:

Marmodoro, Anna, editor.

McLynn, Neil B., editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394.

Gregory.

Theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2018

Summary:

'Exploring Gregory of Nyssa' brings together an interdisciplinary team of historians, classicists, philosophers, and theologians to offer a holistic exploration of the thought of Gregory of Nyssa. The volume considers Gregory's role in the main philosophical and religious controversies of his era, such as his ecclesiastical involvement in the Neo-Nicene apologetical movement. It looks at his complex relationships - for example with his brother Basil of Caesarea and with Gregory of Nazianzus. Contributors highlight Gregory's debt to Origen, but also the divergence between the two thinkers, and their relationships to Platonism. They also examine Gregory of Nyssa's wider philosophy and metaphysics; deep questions in philosophy of language such as the nature of predication and singular terms that inform our understanding of Gregory's thought.

Contents:

Exploring Gregory of Nyssa: Philosophical, Theological, and Historical Studies List of Contributors Introduction 1: St Gregory of Nyssa: Bishop, Philosopher, Exegete, Theologian 2: The Two Gregories: Towards Nyssen from Nazianzen 3: Dressing Moses: Reading Gregory of Nyssa's Life of Moses Literally 4: Origen and Gregory of Nyssa on the Song of Songs 5: Gregory of Nyssa's Christological Exegesis 6: Gregory of Nyssa on the Soul (and the Restoration): From Plato to Origen 7: The Soul as Dynamis in Gregory of Nyssa's On the Soul and Resurrection 8: Christian Formation and the Body-Soul Relationship in Gregory of Nyssa 9: Vulnerability as the Ground of Self-Determination in Gregory of Nyssa 10: Gregory of Nyssa and the Three Gods Problem: Activity and Etymology in To Ablabius 11: Gregory of Nyssa: on the Metaphysics of the Trinity (with Reference to his Letter To Ablabius)

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-256883-3

0-19-187116-8

0-19-256882-5