TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sheridan,Mark
TI  - Language for God in patristic tradition: wrestling with biblical anthropomorphism 
SN  - 9780830840649
U1  - 281.1 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Downers Grove (Illinois
PB  - InterVarsity Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Hermeneutics
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - God
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Anthropomorphism
KW  - God (Christianity)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; God is not like humans -- The philosophers' critique of myth and the defense of Homer through allegorical interpretation -- Hellenistic Jewish interpretation of the scriptures -- The interpretation of the scriptures in the New Testament : a model for later writers -- The early Christian writers -- Three classic cases -- The special problem of the Psalms -- Ancient and modern ways of dealing with the problematic texts -- Appendix: Ancient Christian hermeneutics : the presuppositions, the criteria and the rules employed -- Biographical sketches of early Christian writers and other significant authors
N2  - "Language for God in Patristic Tradition is a landmark resource for students of ancient Christian theology. Wide-ranging in scope and accessible in its analysis, it demonstrates that those engaged in theological interpretation of Scripture have much to gain from studying their forebears in the faith."--Publisher's website
ER  -