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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.

Table of Contents

Preface x

Notes on Contributors xi

Part I Introduction 1

1 The Nature and Scope of Patristics 3
Ken Parry

Part II Collecting the Fathers 13

2 Byzantine Florilegia 15
Alexander Alexakis

3 Modern Patrologies 51
Angelo Di Berardino

Part III Studies in Reception History I: Individual Fathers 69

4 Irenaeus of Lyons 71
Denis Minns

5 Clement of Alexandria 84
Piotr Ashwin]Siejkowski

6 Origen of Alexandria 98
Mark Edwards

7 Athanasius of Alexandria 111
David M. Gwynn

8 Ephrem of Nisibis 126
Andrew Palmer

9 John Chrysostom 141
Wendy Mayer

10 Augustine of Hippo 155
Kazuhiko Demura

11 Cyril of Alexandria 170
Hans van Loon

12 Shenoute of Atripe 184
Janet Timbie

13 Nestorius of Constantinople 197
George Bevan

14 Dionysius the Areopagite 211
István Perczel

15 Severus of Antioch 226
Youhanna Nessim Youssef

16 Gregory the Great 238
Bronwen Neil

17 Maximos the Confessor 250
Andrew Louth

18 John of Damascus 264
Vassilis Adrahtas

19 Gregory of Narek 278
Abraham Terian

20 Gregory Palamas 293
Marcus Plested

Part IV Studies in Reception History II: Collective Fathers 307

21 The Cappadocian Fathers 309
H. Ashley Hall

22 The Desert Fathers and Mothers 326
John Chryssavgis

23 The Iconophile Fathers 338
Vladimir Baranov

Part V Studies in the Fathers 353

24 Scripture and the Fathers 355
Paul Blowers

25 Hagiography of the Greek Fathers 370
Stephanos Efthymiadis

26 Liturgies and the Fathers 385
Hugh Wybrew

27 Fathers and the Church Councils 400
Richard Price

28 The Fathers and Scholasticism 414
James R. Ginther

29 The Fathers and the Reformation 428
Irena Backus

30 The Fathers in Arabic 442
Alexander Treiger

31 The Greek of the Fathers 456
Klaas Bentein

32 The Latin of the Fathers 471
Carolinne White

33 Reimagining Patristics: Critical Theory as a Lens 487
Kim Haines]Eitzen

Index 497

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 04/09/2015
      ISBN13: 9781118438718, 978-1118438718
      ISBN10: 111843871X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents

      Preface x

      Notes on Contributors xi

      Part I Introduction 1

      1 The Nature and Scope of Patristics 3
      Ken Parry

      Part II Collecting the Fathers 13

      2 Byzantine Florilegia 15
      Alexander Alexakis

      3 Modern Patrologies 51
      Angelo Di Berardino

      Part III Studies in Reception History I: Individual Fathers 69

      4 Irenaeus of Lyons 71
      Denis Minns

      5 Clement of Alexandria 84
      Piotr Ashwin]Siejkowski

      6 Origen of Alexandria 98
      Mark Edwards

      7 Athanasius of Alexandria 111
      David M. Gwynn

      8 Ephrem of Nisibis 126
      Andrew Palmer

      9 John Chrysostom 141
      Wendy Mayer

      10 Augustine of Hippo 155
      Kazuhiko Demura

      11 Cyril of Alexandria 170
      Hans van Loon

      12 Shenoute of Atripe 184
      Janet Timbie

      13 Nestorius of Constantinople 197
      George Bevan

      14 Dionysius the Areopagite 211
      István Perczel

      15 Severus of Antioch 226
      Youhanna Nessim Youssef

      16 Gregory the Great 238
      Bronwen Neil

      17 Maximos the Confessor 250
      Andrew Louth

      18 John of Damascus 264
      Vassilis Adrahtas

      19 Gregory of Narek 278
      Abraham Terian

      20 Gregory Palamas 293
      Marcus Plested

      Part IV Studies in Reception History II: Collective Fathers 307

      21 The Cappadocian Fathers 309
      H. Ashley Hall

      22 The Desert Fathers and Mothers 326
      John Chryssavgis

      23 The Iconophile Fathers 338
      Vladimir Baranov

      Part V Studies in the Fathers 353

      24 Scripture and the Fathers 355
      Paul Blowers

      25 Hagiography of the Greek Fathers 370
      Stephanos Efthymiadis

      26 Liturgies and the Fathers 385
      Hugh Wybrew

      27 Fathers and the Church Councils 400
      Richard Price

      28 The Fathers and Scholasticism 414
      James R. Ginther

      29 The Fathers and the Reformation 428
      Irena Backus

      30 The Fathers in Arabic 442
      Alexander Treiger

      31 The Greek of the Fathers 456
      Klaas Bentein

      32 The Latin of the Fathers 471
      Carolinne White

      33 Reimagining Patristics: Critical Theory as a Lens 487
      Kim Haines]Eitzen

      Index 497

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