LEADER 03039nam 2200457 450 001 9910792832303321 005 20240110132320.0 010 $a90-04-34208-7 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004342088 035 $a(CKB)3710000001179534 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5024394 035 $a(OCoLC)975998524 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004342088 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001179534 100 $a20171011h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe church as paradise and the way therein $eearly Christian appropriation of Genesis 3:22-24 /$fby Christopher A. Graham 210 1$aLeiden, [Netherlands] ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cBrill,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (263 pages) 225 1 $aThe Bible in Ancient Christianity,$x1542-1295 ;$vVolume 12 311 $a90-04-34181-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Paradise Lost Again: Introduction -- Paradise as Preface: Ancient Reception of Gen 3:22?24 -- Far from Paradise but Near the Way: Early Christian Reception of Gen 3:22?24 -- The Lukan Ways Back to Paradise -- Irenaeus?s Church: Paradise in This World -- One Way: Irenaean Appropriation of Way-Language -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Modern Reception History of Appellative Way-Language -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Names and Subjects. 330 $aIn The Church as Paradise and the Way Therein: Early Christian Appropriation of Genesis 3:22?24 , Christopher A. Graham demonstrates that early Christian authors employed the words ?paradise? and ?way? as allusions to the expulsion narrative (Genesis 3:22?24) to signify that the benefits available in protological Paradise were once again accessible in and through Jesus and the Church. The centrality of the expulsion narrative in their literary milieus gave these authors confidence that readers would discern these allusions. After considering the reception of the expulsion in texts circulating within the early Christian milieu, Graham turns to the texts of Luke and Irenaeus of Lyons. Both authors drew from an interpretive tradition in which a return to Paradise was desirable. Both celebrated Jesus's reversal of Adam's expulsion and the constitution of Jesus's followers as the location and means by which humanity could continue to access divine truth and life. For both authors, the Church is Paradise and the way therein. 410 0$aBible in ancient Christianity ;$vVolume 12. 606 $aChurch$xHistory of doctrines$yEarly church, ca. 30-600 615 0$aChurch$xHistory of doctrines 676 $a262/.7 700 $aGraham$b Christopher A.$01581861 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792832303321 996 $aThe church as paradise and the way therein$93863730 997 $aUNINA