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Early Christian literature. Fathers of the Church, etc.

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  • Origen on the Song of Songs as the Spirit of Scriptureby J. Christopher King

    OUP Oxford 2005; US$ 149.99

    Christian 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 Confessorby Andrew Louth

    Taylor and Francis 1996; US$ 39.95

    St 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 Monkby Columba Stewart

    Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 59.99

    This 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 byzantineby Pascal Mueller-Jourdan

    BRILL 2005; US$ 121.00

    This 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 Lettersby Kim Haines-Eitzen

    Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 109.99

    Who 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 Epochenschwelleby Peter Seele

    De Gruyter 2008; US$ 133.00

    What 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 Denkenby Wiebke-Marie Stock

    De Gruyter 2008; US$ 133.00

    In 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 Lettersby Anna M. Silvas

    BRILL 2006; US$ 182.00

    Includes 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 Fathersby Bryan M. Litfin

    Baker Publishing Group 2007; US$ 24.99

    A clearly written, accessible introduction to ten church fathers who shaped the way we worship and read the Bible today. more...

  • The Beginning of Christian Philosophyby Eric Osborn

    Cambridge University Press 1981; US$ 40.00

    The 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...