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The doctrine of deification in the Greek patristic tradition / Norman Russell.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford early Christian studiesPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.Description: xiv, 418 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0199265216 (hardcover)
  • 9780199265213 (hardcover)
  • 0199205973 (pbk.)
  • 9780199205974 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 233 22
LOC classification:
  • BT767.8 .R87 2004
Contents:
Introduction. The metaphor of deification ; The need for the study ; Scope and method ; Overview -- Deification in the Graeco-Roman world. The origins of deification ; The ruler-cult ; Jewish and Christian attitudes to the ruler-cult ; The democratization of the ruler's apotheosis ; The mystery cults ; Philosophical religion ; The Egyptian hermetists ; Interaction with Christianity -- The Jewish paradigm : from Ezekiel to the yored merkavah. Ancient Israel ; The impact of Hellenism ; Palestinian Judaism ; The rabbinic tradition ; Influence on Christianity -- The 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 ; The early Christian approach to deification -- The Alexandrian tradition. I, Christian schools and study circles. Alexandrian Christianity ; The school of Basilides ; The school of Pantaenus ; Clement of Alexandria ; Origen ; Didymus the Blind ; The Alexandrian concept of deification -- The Alexandrian tradition. II, The imposition of episcopal control. The eclipse of the independent teacher ; Athanasius ; Apollinarius of Laodicea ; Cyril of Alexandria ; The legacy of Alexandria -- The Cappadocian approach : divine transcendence and the soul's ascent. Basil of Caesarea ; Gregory of Nazianzus ; Gregory of Nyssa ; The Cappadocian achievement -- The monastic synthesis : the achievement of Maximus the Confessor. Evagrius Ponticus ; The Macarian writings ; Diadochus of Photice ; Dionysius the Areopagite ; Maximus the Confessor -- Epilogue. Leontius of Jerusalem ; John Damascene ; Symeon the New Theologian ; Gregory Palamas ; The dissemination of Hesychast spirituality ; Modern approaches to deification -- Appendix 1. Deification in the Syriac and Latin traditions -- Appendix 2. The Greek vocabulary of deification.
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"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.

Introduction. The metaphor of deification ; The need for the study ; Scope and method ; Overview -- Deification in the Graeco-Roman world. The origins of deification ; The ruler-cult ; Jewish and Christian attitudes to the ruler-cult ; The democratization of the ruler's apotheosis ; The mystery cults ; Philosophical religion ; The Egyptian hermetists ; Interaction with Christianity -- The Jewish paradigm : from Ezekiel to the yored merkavah. Ancient Israel ; The impact of Hellenism ; Palestinian Judaism ; The rabbinic tradition ; Influence on Christianity -- The 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 ; The early Christian approach to deification -- The Alexandrian tradition. I, Christian schools and study circles. Alexandrian Christianity ; The school of Basilides ; The school of Pantaenus ; Clement of Alexandria ; Origen ; Didymus the Blind ; The Alexandrian concept of deification -- The Alexandrian tradition. II, The imposition of episcopal control. The eclipse of the independent teacher ; Athanasius ; Apollinarius of Laodicea ; Cyril of Alexandria ; The legacy of Alexandria -- The Cappadocian approach : divine transcendence and the soul's ascent. Basil of Caesarea ; Gregory of Nazianzus ; Gregory of Nyssa ; The Cappadocian achievement -- The monastic synthesis : the achievement of Maximus the Confessor. Evagrius Ponticus ; The Macarian writings ; Diadochus of Photice ; Dionysius the Areopagite ; Maximus the Confessor -- Epilogue. Leontius of Jerusalem ; John Damascene ; Symeon the New Theologian ; Gregory Palamas ; The dissemination of Hesychast spirituality ; Modern approaches to deification -- Appendix 1. Deification in the Syriac and Latin traditions -- Appendix 2. The Greek vocabulary of deification.

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