Irenaeus on creation : the cosmic Christ and the saga of redemption /

Irenaeus on creation : the cosmic Christ and the saga of redemption /

Scholarship on Irenaeus has long acknowledged the centrality of creation to his theology, yet without fitting this theme securely into the Christological vision of Christ the 'Recapitulator'. Studies have considered elements of Irenaeus' cosmology and anthropology in extraction; but w...

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Main Author: Steenberg, Irenaeus M. C. 1978-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements 91.
Vigiliae Christianae Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004308961.

Subjects:

Jesus Christ > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Irenaeus, > Saint, Bishop of Lyon.
Biblical cosmology.
Creation > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.

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Call Number: BS651 .S796 2008eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials /
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  • Introduction /
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  • Chapter One. Creation's Stage: The Background To Irenaeus' Protology /
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  • Chapter Two. 'The Work Of His Hands': The Creation Of The Cosmos /
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  • Chapter Three. Dust And Life: The Creation Of The Human Person /
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  • Chapter Four. History Transformed: Humanity's Transgression /
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  • Chapter Five. Stumbling To Perfection: Life After Eden /
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  • Conclusion /
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  • Appendix I. A Note On Irenaean Source Texts And Dates /
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  • Appendix II. Use Of Genesis 1-11 In The Irenaean Corpus /
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  • Appendix IIII. Renaeus' Employment Of The Two Accounts Of Humanity's Creation /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index /
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