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Wisdom in Christian tradition : the patristic roots of modern Russian sophiology / Marcus Plested.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Plested, Marcus, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- God (Christianity)--Wisdom--History of doctrines.
- God (Christianity).
- Wisdom (Biblical personification)--History of doctrines.
- Wisdom (Biblical personification).
- Theology, Doctrinal--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Theology, Doctrinal.
- Theology, Doctrinal--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Doctrines.
- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- Following a survey of the biblical and classical background, this book offers a detailed exploration of the theme of wisdom in patristic, Byzantine, and medieval theology up to and including Gregory Palamas and Thomas Aquinas in Greek East and Latin West, respectively. Three principal levels of Christian wisdom discourse are distinguished: wisdom as human attainment, wisdom as divine gift, and wisdom as an attribute or quality of God.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 26, 2022).
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Plested, Marcus Wisdom in Christian Tradition
- ISBN:
- 0-19-195415-2
- 0-19-267792-6
- 0-19-267793-4
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