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Record Nr.

UNINA9910720528003321

Autore

Usacheva Anna

Titolo

Knowledge, language and intellection from Origen to Gregory Nazianzen : a selective survey / / Anna Usacheva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt am Main : , : Peter Lang Edition, , [2017]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 pages)

Disciplina

270

Soggetti

Knowledge, Theory of

Eunomianism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part One: Language and Theological Knowledge in the Teachings of Origen, Basil and Eunomius -- Part Two: Epistemology and Human Intellection in the Theological Orations of Gregory Nazianzen.

Sommario/riassunto

"Epistemological theories of the patristic authors seldom attract attention of the researchers. This unfortunate status quo contrasts with a crucial place of the theory of knowledge in the thought of such prominent authors as Origen and the Cappadocian fathers. This book surveys the patristic epistemological discourse in its various settings. In the context of the Church history it revolves around the Eunomian controversy, Eunomius' language theory and Gregory Nazianzen's cognitive theory, where the ideas of Apostle Paul were creatively combined with the Peripatetic teaching. In the framework of Biblical exegesis, it touches upon the issues of the textual criticism of the Homeric and Jewish scholarship, which had significantly shaped Origen's paradigm of the Biblical studies."-- Publisher's website.