The church as paradise and the way therein : early Christian appropriation of Genesis 3:22-24 /

The church as paradise and the way therein : early Christian appropriation of Genesis 3:22-24 /

In 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...

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Main Author: Graham, Christopher A.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.

Series: The Bible in Ancient Christianity 12.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004327917.

Subjects:

Irenaeus, > Saint, Bishop of Lyon.
Bible. > Genesis, III, 22-24 > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History.
Church > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Eden > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.

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Call Number: BS1235.52 .G73 2017

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary 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.