Cyril of Alexandria''s Trinitarian Theology of Scripture

Zusatztext Crawford's clear and thoughtful explication of this fundamental conception of the Bible goes a long way toward making the faith, the biblical interpretation, and the theology of the pro-Nicene church comprehensible to modern readers. Informationen zum Autor Associate Professor and Director of the Program in Biblical and Early Christian Studies in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University. From 2012 to 2015 he held an AHRC-funded postdoc at Durham University on canonical and non-canonical gospel literature, and from 2013 to 2015 a Junior Research Fellowship from Hatfield College. He is the author of Cyril of Alexandria's Trinitarian Theology of Scripture (2014). Klappentext This book concerns the theology of Scripture of Cyril of Alexandria (c.376-444), whose surviving corpus is the second largest among eastern patristic authors. Matthew R. Crawford examines texts which have received little previous attention as well as situating Cyril in his broader intellectual context. Zusammenfassung This book concerns the theology of Scripture of Cyril of Alexandria (c.376-444), whose surviving corpus is the second largest among eastern patristic authors. Matthew R. Crawford examines texts which have received little previous attention as well as situating Cyril in his broader intellectual context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1: Introduction 2: 'The Messenger of Great Counsel': A Trinitarian Theology of Revelation 3: 'One Book Spoken through One Holy Spirit': The Spiritual Origin of Scripture 4: 'He Has Spoken to Us by His Son': The Christological Mediation of Scripture 5: 'The Evergreen Oracles of God': The Role of Scripture in the Divine Economy 6: 'Every Spiritual Vision Looks to the Mystery of Christ': The Theological Nature of Exegesis 7: 'The Whirlwind is in the Thorn Tree' Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Matthew R. Crawford, Matthew R. (Associate Professor and Dire Crawford, Matthew R. (Associate Professor and Director of the Program in Biblical and Early Christian Studies Crawford, Matthew R. (Junior Research Fellow Crawford, Crawford Matthew R.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.08.2014
• EAN: 9780198722625
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872262-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Oxford Early Christian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, The Early Church, Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics