Irenaeus of Lyons and the Theology of the Holy Spirit

Zusatztext The arguments contained in this study are painstakingly constructed, developed through close and careful analysis of the Irenaean texts and in conversation with a wealth of Irenaean scholarship. ... an important contribution to our understanding of Irenaeus' theology, as well as our understanding of early Christian pneumatology. Klappentext A close study of aspects of Irenaeus' pneumatology that demonstrates how Irenaeus combined Second Temple Jewish traditions of the spirit with New Testament theology to produce the most complex Jewish-Christian pneumatology of the early church. Zusammenfassung A close study of aspects of Irenaeus' pneumatology that demonstrates how Irenaeus combined Second Temple Jewish traditions of the spirit with New Testament theology to produce the most complex Jewish-Christian pneumatology of the early church. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1: Justin Martyr and the Pneumatology of the mid-Second Century 2: The Beginning of a Pneumatology 3: Pneumatological Expansion 4: The Emergence and Development of Foundational Themes 5: His Hand and Wisdom 6: The Salvific Spirit 7: Trinitarian Convictions, Trinitarian Logic Conclusion and Epilogue Appendix: Language of Revelation in Justin s First and Second Apologies, and Dialogue with Trypho Bibliography

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• Authors: Briggman Anthony, Anthony Briggman
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 15.03.2012
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity
• EAN: 9780199641536
• ISBN: 978-0-19-964153-6
• Pages: 320
• Series: Oxford Early Christian Studies; Oxford Early Christian Studies
• Subjects: RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Judaism / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Theology, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, Judaism, The Early Church, Judaism: theology