Language for God in patristic tradition : wrestling with biblical anthropomorphism / Mark Sheridan ; foreword by Thomas C. Oden.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Downers Grove (Illinois InterVarsity Press, c.2015Description: 254 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780830840649
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 281.1 Sh53l
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
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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.

"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.

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