LEADER 05306nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910465534403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786610965175 010 $a0-19-153271-1 010 $a1-280-96517-7 010 $a0-19-920597-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000300722 035 $a(EBL)422942 035 $a(OCoLC)437109488 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000376021 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11271306 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376021 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10344323 035 $a(PQKB)11394598 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000294193 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11229056 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000294193 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10311921 035 $a(PQKB)11622915 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000022897 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422942 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422942 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271636 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL96517 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000300722 100 $a20050408d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe doctrine of deification in the Greek patristic tradition$b[electronic resource] /$fNorman Russell 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (433 p.) 225 1 $aThe Oxford early Christian studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-926521-6 311 $a0-19-169563-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [345]-380) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a5. 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 327 $a6. 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 327 $a4. 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 327 $aBC; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z 330 $aDeification was not only a pagan concept but a metaphor for a deeply Christian view of the purpose of human life. Norman Russell brings together much recent research on the Church Fathers from the second to the seventh centuries, offering an analysis of their spiritual teaching and setting it within the context of the times. - ;Deification in the Greek patristic tradition was the fulfilment of the destiny for which humanity was created - not merely salvation from sin but entry into the fullness of the divine life of the Trinity. This book, the first on the subject for over sixty years, traces 410 0$aOxford early Christian studies. 606 $aDeification (Christianity)$xHistory of doctrines$yEarly church, ca. 30-600 606 $aChristianity 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDeification (Christianity)$xHistory of doctrines 615 0$aChristianity. 676 $a230 676 $a233 700 $aRussell$b Norman$f1945-$0450464 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465534403321 996 $aDoctrine of deification in the Greek patristic tradition$91095930 997 $aUNINA