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Origen on the Song of Songs as the Spirit of Scripture
OUP Oxford 2005; US$ 149.99Christian exegesis of the Song of Songs has long interacted creatively with - and, more recently, reacted critically against - the allegorical interpretation developed by Origen of Alexandria (c.185-c.254) in his Commentary and two Homilies on the Song of Songs. Interest in Origen's exegesis of the Song's narrative elements has dominated past... more...
Maximus the Confessor
Taylor and Francis 1996; US$ 39.95St Maximus the Confessor, the greatest of Byzantine theologians, lived through the most catastrophic period the Byzantine Empire was to experience before the Crusades. This book introduces the reader to the times and upheavals during which Maximus lived. It discusses his cosmic vision of humanity and the role of the church. The study makes available... more...
Cassian the Monk
Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 59.99This is a study of the life, work and spiritual theology of John Cassian (c.365-430) whose writings were the bridge between eastern monasticism and the developing Latin monasticism of Southern Gaul. He exerted a major influence on the rule of Benedict and the theology of Gregory the Great. more...
Typologie spatio-temporelle de l'Ecclesia byzantine
BRILL 2005; US$ 121.00This study addresses the philosophical context of the Mystagogy of Maximus the Confessor. It examines how the Byzantine monk integrates Neoplatonist topics when exposing one of the most important feature of his religious conception of the physical world or cosmology. It provides many important new perspectives for reading the works of Maximus the Confessor,... more...
Guardians of Letters
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 109.99Who were the scribes who copied early Christian literature during the second and third centuries? What roles did they play in the dissemination of these writings? To answer these questions, this study uses evidence from early Christian literature and the earliest Christian papyri - including their physical features and textual characteristics. more...
Philosophie der Epochenschwelle
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 133.00What had to happen so that the Middle Ages could come to pass? This book traces the transition from antiquity to the medieval period through the spiritual development of Augustine. The philosopher and rhetorician?s change to priest, bishop, and, finally, church father gives a face and vivid story of lived philosophy to the decline of roman antiquity. more...
Theurgisches Denken
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 133.00In the rich reception history of Dionysius Areopagita(approx. 500 AD), the writing On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy is the only text that has not been given philosophical attention. The present study examines this text as a work in which central concepts of the neo-Platonic tradition in the Christian transformation are further developed in a creative... more...
Gregory of Nyssa, The Letters
BRILL 2006; US$ 182.00Includes 37 letters of St Gregory of Nyssa (c 335-394), translated into English. This work presents a biography focusing on Gregory's family background and young adulthood. Divided into three sub-collections of letters, it features a study of Gregory - the letter writer, along with a dateline of all the letters. more...
Getting to Know the Church Fathers
Baker Publishing Group 2007; US$ 24.99A clearly written, accessible introduction to ten church fathers who shaped the way we worship and read the Bible today. more...
The Beginning of Christian Philosophy
Cambridge University Press 1981; US$ 40.00The problems which Christians faced in the second-century world, with its variety of religious beliefs, have a close relation to those which confront them today. more...









