The doctrine of deification in the Greek patristic tradition / / Norman Russell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964402903321
• Autore: Russell Norman <1945->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• ISBN: 9786610965175; 0-19-153271-1; 1-280-96517-7; 0-19-920597-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 p.)
• Collana: The Oxford early Christian studies
• Disciplina: 230; 233
• Soggetti: Deification (Christianity) - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600; Christianity
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-380) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1. The Metaphor of Deification; 2. The Need for the Study; 3. Scope and Method; 4. Overview; 2 Deification in the Graeco-Roman World; 1. The Origins of Deification; 2. The Ruler-Cult; 3. Jewish and Christian Attitudes to the Ruler-Cult; 4. The Democratization of the Ruler's Apotheosis; 5. The Mystery Cults; 6. Philosophical Religion; 7. The Egyptian Hermetists; 8. Interaction with Christianity; 3 The Jewish Paradigm: From Ezekiel to the yored merkavah; 1. Ancient Israel; 2. The Impact of Hellenism; 3. Palestinian Judaism; 4. The Rabbinic Tradition; 5. Influence on Christianity4 The Earliest Christian Model: Participatory Union with Christ; 1. Pauline Christianity; 2. Jewish Christianity; 3. Johannine Christianity; 4. Ignatius of Antioch; 5. Valentinian Christianity; 6. Justin Martyr; 7. Two Anonymous Contemporaries; 8. Tatian; 9. Theophilus of Antioch; 10. Irenaeus of Lyons; 11. Hippolytus of Rome; 12. The Early Christian Approach to Deification; 5 The Alexandrian Tradition I: Christian Schools and Study Circles; 1. Alexandrian Christianity; 2. The School of Basilides; 3. The School of ; Pantaenus; 4. Clement of Alexandria; 5. Origen; 6. Didymus the Blind7. The Alexandrian Concept of Deification; 6 The Alexandrian Tradition II: The Imposition of Episcopal Control; 1. The Eclipse of the Independent Teacher; 2. Athanasius; 3. Apollinarius of Laodicea; 4. Cyril of Alexandria; 5. The Legacy of Alexandria; 7 The Cappadocian Approach: Divine Transcendence and the Soul's Ascent; 1. Basil of Caesarea; 2. Gregory of Nazianzus; 3. Gregory of Nyssa; 4. The Cappadocian Achievement; 8 The Monastic Synthesis: The Achievement of Maximus the Confessor; 1. Evagrius Ponticus; 2. The Macarian writings; 3. Diadochus of Photice; 4. Dionysius the Areopagite5. Maximus the Confessor; 9 Epilogue; 1. Leontius of Jerusalem; 2. John Damascene; 3. Symeon the New Theologian; 4. Gregory Palamas; 5. The Dissemination of Hesychast Spirituality; 6. Modern Approaches to Deification; Appendix 1 Deification in the Syriac and Latin Traditions; Appendix 2 The Greek Vocabulary of Deification; Bibliography; Indexes; Index of References; OLD TESTAMENT; JEWISH AUTHORS; NEW TESTAMENT; CHRISTIAN AND GNOSTIC AUTHORS; OTHER ANCIENT AUTHORS; MODERN AUTHORS; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z; General Index; A; BC; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Deification was not only a pagan concept but a metaphor for a deeply Christian view of the purpose of human life. Norman Russell brings together much recent research on the Church Fathers from the second to the seventh centuries, offering an analysis of their spiritual teaching and setting it within the context of the times. - ;Deification in the Greek patristic tradition was the fulfilment of the destiny for which humanity was created - not merely salvation from sin but entry into the fullness of the divine life of the Trinity. This book, the first on the subject for over sixty years, traces