The doctrine of deification in the Greek patristic tradition /
Russell, Norman, 1945-
The doctrine of deification in the Greek patristic tradition / Norman Russell. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xiv, 418 p. ; 24 cm. - Oxford early Christian studies. . - Oxford early Christian studies. .
"First published in paperback 2006"--T.p. verso. "The present work, based on an Oxford doctoral dissertation submitted in 1988, is the fruit of nearly twenty years of study and research."--Preface, p. [vii].
Includes bibliography (p. [345]-380) and indexes.
metaphor of deification ; Deification in the Graeco-Roman world. origins of deification ; ruler-cult ; Jewish and Christian attitudes to the ruler-cult ; democratization of the ruler's apotheosis ; mystery cults ; Philosophical religion ; The Egyptian hermetists ; Interaction with Christianity -- Jewish paradigm : from Ezekiel to the yored merkavah. Ancient Israel ; impact of Hellenism ; Palestinian Judaism ; rabbinic tradition ; Influence on Christianity -- earliest Christian model : participatory union with Christ. Pauline Christianity ; Jewish Christianity ; Johannine Christianity ; Ignatius of Antioch ; Valentinian Christianity ; Justin Martyr ; Two anonymous contemporaries ; Tatian ; Theophilus of Antioch ; Irenaeus of Lyons ; Hippolytus of Rome ; early Christian approach to deification -- Alexandrian tradition. I, Christian schools and study circles. Alexandrian Christianity ; school of Basilides ; school of Pantaenus ; Clement of Alexandria ; Origen ; Didymus the Blind ; Alexandrian concept of deification -- eclipse of the independent teacher ; Athanasius ; Apollinarius of Laodicea ; Cyril of Alexandria ; legacy of Alexandria -- Cappadocian approach : divine transcendence and the soul's ascent. Basil of Caesarea ; Gregory of Nazianzus ; Gregory of Nyssa ; Cappadocian achievement -- monastic synthesis : the achievement of Maximus the Confessor. Evagrius Ponticus ; Macarian writings ; Diadochus of Photice ; Dionysius the Areopagite ; Maximus the Confessor -- Epilogue. Leontius of Jerusalem ; John Damascene ; Symeon the New Theologian ; Gregory Palamas ; dissemination of Hesychast spirituality ; Modern approaches to deification -- Deification in the Syriac and Latin traditions -- Greek vocabulary of deification. Introduction. The The need for the study ; Scope and method ; Overview -- The The The The The The The The The The The The The The Alexandrian tradition. II, The imposition of episcopal control. The The The The The The The Appendix 1. Appendix 2. The
0199265216 (hardcover) 9780199265213 (hardcover) 0199205973 (pbk.) 9780199205974 (pbk.)
GBA4-71519 bnb
Deification (Christianity))--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Fathers of the church, Greek.
BT767.8 / .R87 2004
233
The doctrine of deification in the Greek patristic tradition / Norman Russell. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xiv, 418 p. ; 24 cm. - Oxford early Christian studies. . - Oxford early Christian studies. .
"First published in paperback 2006"--T.p. verso. "The present work, based on an Oxford doctoral dissertation submitted in 1988, is the fruit of nearly twenty years of study and research."--Preface, p. [vii].
Includes bibliography (p. [345]-380) and indexes.
metaphor of deification ; Deification in the Graeco-Roman world. origins of deification ; ruler-cult ; Jewish and Christian attitudes to the ruler-cult ; democratization of the ruler's apotheosis ; mystery cults ; Philosophical religion ; The Egyptian hermetists ; Interaction with Christianity -- Jewish paradigm : from Ezekiel to the yored merkavah. Ancient Israel ; impact of Hellenism ; Palestinian Judaism ; rabbinic tradition ; Influence on Christianity -- earliest Christian model : participatory union with Christ. Pauline Christianity ; Jewish Christianity ; Johannine Christianity ; Ignatius of Antioch ; Valentinian Christianity ; Justin Martyr ; Two anonymous contemporaries ; Tatian ; Theophilus of Antioch ; Irenaeus of Lyons ; Hippolytus of Rome ; early Christian approach to deification -- Alexandrian tradition. I, Christian schools and study circles. Alexandrian Christianity ; school of Basilides ; school of Pantaenus ; Clement of Alexandria ; Origen ; Didymus the Blind ; Alexandrian concept of deification -- eclipse of the independent teacher ; Athanasius ; Apollinarius of Laodicea ; Cyril of Alexandria ; legacy of Alexandria -- Cappadocian approach : divine transcendence and the soul's ascent. Basil of Caesarea ; Gregory of Nazianzus ; Gregory of Nyssa ; Cappadocian achievement -- monastic synthesis : the achievement of Maximus the Confessor. Evagrius Ponticus ; Macarian writings ; Diadochus of Photice ; Dionysius the Areopagite ; Maximus the Confessor -- Epilogue. Leontius of Jerusalem ; John Damascene ; Symeon the New Theologian ; Gregory Palamas ; dissemination of Hesychast spirituality ; Modern approaches to deification -- Deification in the Syriac and Latin traditions -- Greek vocabulary of deification. Introduction. The The need for the study ; Scope and method ; Overview -- The The The The The The The The The The The The The The Alexandrian tradition. II, The imposition of episcopal control. The The The The The The The Appendix 1. Appendix 2. The
0199265216 (hardcover) 9780199265213 (hardcover) 0199205973 (pbk.) 9780199205974 (pbk.)
GBA4-71519 bnb
Deification (Christianity))--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Fathers of the church, Greek.
BT767.8 / .R87 2004
233