TY  - BOOK
AU  - Russell,Norman
TI  - The doctrine of deification in the Greek patristic tradition
T2  - Oxford early Christian studies
SN  - 0199265216 (hardcover)
AV  - BT767.8 .R87 2004
U1  - 233 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Deification (Christianity))
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Fathers of the church, Greek
N1  - "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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