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Reading the Church Fathers / edited by Morwenna Ludlow and Scot Douglas.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fathers of the church.
- Theology--Early works to 1800--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Theology.
- Christian literature, Early--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Christian literature, Early.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Reading the corpus of texts written by the Fathers of the Church has always been a core area in Christian theology. However, scholars and academics are by no means united in the question how these important but difficult authors should be read and interpreted. Many of them are divided by implicit (but often unquestioned) assumptions about the best way to approach the texts or by underlying hermeneutical questions about the norms, limits and opportunities of reading Ancient Christian writers. This book will raise profound hermeneutical questions surrounding the reading of the Fathers with great
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Participants in the Conversation; Foreword; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Jean-Luc Marion's Reading of Dionysius the Areopagite: Hermeneutics and Reception History Johannes Zachhuber; Chapter 2 Time and the Responsibilities of Reading: Revisiting Derrida and Dionysius David Newheiser; Chapter 3 Seeing God in Bodies: Wolfson, Rosenzweig, Augustine Virginia Burrus; Chapter 4 Emmanuel Levinas and Gregory of Nyssaon Reading, Desire and Subjectivity Tamsin Jones
- Chapter 5 The Combinatory Detour: The Prefix Sun- in Gregory of Nyssa's Production of Theological Knowledge Scot DouglassChapter 6 Text and Context: The Importance of Scholarly Reading. Gregory of Nyssa, CONTRA EUNOMIUM1 Matthieu Cassin; Chapter 7 Anatomy: Investigating the Body of Texts in Origen and Gregory of Nyssa Morwenna Ludlow; Afterword: Conversations about Reading; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613088871
- 9780567185815
- 0567185818
- 9781283088879
- 1283088878
- 9780567072689
- 0567072681
- OCLC:
- 721194764
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