The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics
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This comprehensive volume brings together a team of distinguished scholars to create a wide–ranging introduction to patristic authors and their contributions to not only theology and spirituality, but to philosophy, ecclesiology, linguistics, hagiography, liturgics, homiletics, iconology, and other fields.
Challenges accepted definitions of patristics and the patristic period in particular questioning the Western framework in which the field has traditionally been constructed
Includes the work of authors who wrote in languages other than Latin and Greek, including those within the Coptic, Armenian, Syriac, and Arabic Christian traditions
Examines the reception history of prominent as well as lesser–known figures, debating the role of each, and exploring why many have undergone periods of revived interest
Offers synthetic accounts of a number of topics central to patristic studies, including scripture, scholasticism, and the Reformation
Demonstrates the continuing role of these writings in enriching and inspiring our understanding of Christianity
Specificaties
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<p>Notes on Contributors xi</p>
<p>Part I Introduction 1</p>
<p>1 The Nature and Scope of Patristics 3<br />Ken Parry</p>
<p>Part II Collecting the Fathers 13</p>
<p>2 Byzantine Florilegia 15<br />Alexander Alexakis</p>
<p>3 Modern Patrologies 51<br />Angelo Di Berardino</p>
<p>Part III Studies in Reception History I: Individual Fathers 69</p>
<p>4 Irenaeus of Lyons 71<br />Denis Minns</p>
<p>5 Clement of Alexandria 84<br />Piotr Ashwin ]Siejkowski</p>
<p>6 Origen of Alexandria 98<br />Mark Edwards</p>
<p>7 Athanasius of Alexandria 111<br />David M. Gwynn</p>
<p>8 Ephrem of Nisibis 126<br />Andrew Palmer</p>
<p>9 John Chrysostom 141<br />Wendy Mayer</p>
<p>10 Augustine of Hippo 155<br />Kazuhiko Demura</p>
<p>11 Cyril of Alexandria 170<br />Hans van Loon</p>
<p>12 Shenoute of Atripe 184<br />Janet Timbie</p>
<p>13 Nestorius of Constantinople 197<br />George Bevan</p>
<p>14 Dionysius the Areopagite 211<br />István Perczel</p>
<p>15 Severus of Antioch 226<br />Youhanna Nessim Youssef</p>
<p>16 Gregory the Great 238<br />Bronwen Neil</p>
<p>17 Maximos the Confessor 250<br />Andrew Louth</p>
<p>18 John of Damascus 264<br />Vassilis Adrahtas</p>
<p>19 Gregory of Narek 278<br />Abraham Terian</p>
<p>20 Gregory Palamas 293<br />Marcus Plested</p>
<p>Part IV Studies in Reception History II: Collective Fathers 307</p>
<p>21 The Cappadocian Fathers 309<br />H. Ashley Hall</p>
<p>22 The Desert Fathers and Mothers 326<br />John Chryssavgis</p>
<p>23 The Iconophile Fathers 338<br />Vladimir Baranov</p>
<p>Part V Studies in the Fathers 353</p>
<p>24 Scripture and the Fathers 355<br />Paul Blowers</p>
<p>25 Hagiography of the Greek Fathers 370<br />Stephanos Efthymiadis</p>
<p>26 Liturgies and the Fathers 385<br />Hugh Wybrew</p>
<p>27 Fathers and the Church Councils 400<br />Richard Price</p>
<p>28 The Fathers and Scholasticism 414<br />James R. Ginther</p>
<p>29 The Fathers and the Reformation 428<br />Irena Backus</p>
<p>30 The Fathers in Arabic 442<br />Alexander Treiger</p>
<p>31 The Greek of the Fathers 456<br />Klaas Bentein</p>
<p>32 The Latin of the Fathers 471<br />Carolinne White</p>
<p>33 Reimagining Patristics: Critical Theory as a Lens 487<br />Kim Haines ]Eitzen</p>
<p>Index 497</p>
