Birth of the Trinity - Jesus, God, Spirit in New Testament Early Christian Interpretations

Zusatztext Bates great merit is to expound, in careful detail, New Testament instances of prosopological exegesis, helping us recognise them for what they are. Informationen zum Autor Matthew W. Bates (Ph.D., The University of Notre Dame) is Assistant Professor of Theology at Quincy University in Quincy, Illinois. Klappentext Offers a new historical model explaining how the concept of the Trinity first emerged. It explores how early Christian authors came to the conclusion that the one God must be differentiable as three distinct persons through reading the Old Testament. Zusammenfassung Offers a new historical model explaining how the concept of the Trinity first emerged. It explores how early Christian authors came to the conclusion that the one God must be differentiable as three distinct persons through reading the Old Testament. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Reading as Birth - The Trinity Emerges 2: Divine Dialogues from the Dawn of Time 3: Theodramatic Stratagems - The Son's Mission 4: Cross-Shaped Conversations 5: Praise for Rescue 6: Triumphant Talks 7: Reading God Right Epilogue: The Read God References Index of Biblical References Index of Other Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors Cited Index of Concepts and Other Names

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• Authors: Matthew W. Bates, Matthew W. (Assistant Professor of Theology Bates, Bates Matthew W.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.03.2015
• EAN: 9780198729563
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872956-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; BIBLES / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, New Testaments, The Early Church, Old Testaments