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List of contents
- 1: Introduction
- Hilary of Poitiers: Life and Afterlife
- Hilary's Context: Between Origen and Augustine
- Modern Scholarship on Hilary's Theological Anthropology
- Methodology: Comparing Hilary's Commentaries
- Research Questions
- 2: Hilary's Commentary on Psalm 118
- Introduction
- Jerome on Hilary's Psalm Commentaries
- Textual Witnesses to Origen on Psalm 118
- Case Study: Ps. 118.17-24 (strophe 'gimel')
- Analysis: Hilary's Translation Technique
- Adaptation of Theology
- Conclusion
- 3: Body and Soul
- Introduction
- Literature Review
- Body and Soul in the Psalms Commentaries
- Body and Soul in Commentary on Matthew
- Hilary's Influences
- Discussion
- 4: The Human as Imago Dei
- Introduction
- Current Scholarship
- IImago as Expression of our Creation and Progression
- Hilary Adopting Origen? Imago Theology in the Psalms Commentaries
- Hilary Rejecting Origen? The Lost Image
- Conclusion
- 5: The Fall
- Introduction
- The Fall Narrative
- First Cause of the Fall
- Some Effects of the Fall
- Conclusion
- 6: Constraint (1): Voluntas
- Introduction
- Hilary's Articulations of the Will
- Voluntas before Augustine
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- 7: Constraint (2): Thought and Passions
- Introduction
- Passions and Emotions
- Hilary and Stoic Ideas of Mental Processes
- Cogitationes
- A Difference from Stoic Thought: apatheia
- Discussion
- 8: Original Sin
- Introduction
- The Sinful State: Creation or Fall?
- The 'Sins of our Origin'
- Transmission by Birth
- Baptism
- Conclusion
- 9: Hilary Between Origen and Augustine
- Introduction
- Hilary's Anthropology
- Hilary's Usage of Origen
- Augustine's Usage of Hilary
- Closing Remarks
- Appendix I: The 'Anthropological Household' (Hilary, InMt 10.23-24)
- Appendix II: Third strophe of Ps118 (gimel: v17-24) Comparison of Commentaries of Origen, Hilary and Ambrose
- Bibliography
About the author
Isabella Image studied Classics at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. After time working as a civil servant she completed her doctorate at Harris Manchester, Oxford.
Summary
This study examines the theology of the fourth-century bishop, Hilary of Poitiers, concentrating particularly on two commentaries written at different times in his life. The main focus of the study is on Hilary's anthropological theology.
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