Christian Faith and Greek Philosophy in Late Antiquity: Essays in Tribute to Christopher George Stead in Celebration of his Eightieth Birthday 9th April 1993

by Erica C.D. Hunter (Contribution by), Erica C.D. Hunter (With), Caroline P. Bammel (Editor)

Overview

This volume is a collection of thirteen essays offered in dedication to Professor C.G. Stead on his 80th birthday. Their theme is the philosophy underlying the presentation of Christian teaching in Late Antiquity.
The essays deal with individual theologians (Augustine, Ambrose, Dionysius the Areopagite, Gregory of Nyssa), with ideological background (Christian and Roman universalism), and with the discussion of particular texts.
A bibliography and brief appreciation of Professor Stead's contribution to Patristic studies are included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004096059
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/1993
Series:	Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements Series , #19
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	6.46(w) x 9.62(h) x 0.97(d)

About the Author

Lionel R. Wickham, Lecturer in Early Christian History and Thought in the Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge (Ph.D. 1982) has written extensively on the development of the doctrine of God, and on Christology in the Patristic period.
Caroline Bammel, Ph.D. (1966), University of Cambridge, is a Reader in Early Church History at Cambridge University. She has published on early Christian writings and their textual transmission and is preparing a critical edition of Origen's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations of Major Series and Primary Editions

Pauline Exegesis, Manichaeism and Philosophy in the early Augustine, C.P. Bammel
Christian and Roman Universalism in the Fourth Century, Henry Chadwick
Eine Pseudo-Athanasianische Osterpredigt (CPG II 2247) über die Wahrheit Gottes und Ihre Erfüllung, Hubertus R. Drobner
Augustine's Paradoxes, Gillian R. Evans
Basilius von Caesarea und das HOMOOUSIOS, Reinhard M. Hübner
'Trample upon me ...' The Sophists Asterius and Hecebolius — Turncoats in the fourth century A.D., Wolfram Kinzig
Ambrose and Philosophy, Andrew Lenox-Conyngham
Die Sprache der Religiösen Erfahrung bei Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita, Ekkehard Mühlenberg
Literal or Metaphorical? Some Issues of Language in the Arian Controversy, Catherine Osborne
Die Absicht des Corpus Areopagiticum, A.M. Ritter
Deus, Pater et Dominus bei Augustinus von Hippo, B. Studer
The Ignorance of Christ: A Problem for the Ancient Theology, Lionel Wickham
Macrina's Deathbed Revisited: Gregory of Nyssa on Mind and Passion, Rowan Williams

The Publications of Christopher Stead, Graham Gould

Index of Biblical References
Index of Modern Authors and Editors

Editorial Reviews

'This volume is a worthy tribute to a remarkable scholar...This is a stimulating and wide-ranging collection of papers.'
Frances M. Young, Sobornost, 1995.
'...this is a worthy tribute to a worthy scholar.'
Stuart G. Hall, Expository Times, 1994.
'Unlike many Festschriften this volume is unlikely to moulder on library shelves.'
Andrew Louth, Journal of Theological Studies, 1995.

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