The Early Christian Book (CUA Studies in Early Christianity)
Title | The Early Christian Book (CUA Studies in Early Christianity) PDF eBook |
Author | William E. Klingshirn |
Publisher | CUA Press |
Total Pages | 357 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0813214866 |
Written by experts in the field, the essays in this volume examine the early Christian book from a wide range of disciplines: religion, art history, history, Near Eastern studies, and classics.
To Train His Soul in Books
Title | To Train His Soul in Books PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Darling Young |
Publisher | CUA Press |
Total Pages | 239 |
Release | 2011-08-31 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0813217326 |
To Train His Soul in Books explores numerous aspects of this rich religious culture, extending previous lines of scholarly investigation and demonstrating the activity of Syriac-speaking scribes and translators busy assembling books for the training of biblical interpreters, ascetics, and learned clergy.
The Christian Moses
Title | The Christian Moses PDF eBook |
Author | Phillip Rousseau |
Publisher | Catholic University of America Press |
Total Pages | 336 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0813231914 |
New Narratives for Old
Title | New Narratives for Old PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Briggman |
Publisher | CUA Press |
Total Pages | 430 |
Release | 2022-06-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0813235340 |
Guilds and conferences have grown up around historical theology, yet no volume has ever been dedicated to the definition and illustration of the method undergirding historical theology. This volume both defines and illustrates the methodology of historical theology, especially as it relates to the study of early Christianity, and situates historical theology among other methodological approaches to early Christianity, including confessional apologetics, constructive theology, and socio-cultural history. Historical theology as a discipline stands in contrast to these other approaches to the study of early Christianity. In contrast to systematic or constructive approaches, it remains essentially historical, with a desire to elucidate the past rather than speak to the present. In contrast to socio-historical approaches, it remains essentially theological, with a concern to value and understand the full complexity of the abstract thought world that stands behind the textual tradition of early Christian theology. Moreover, historical theology is characterized by the methodological presupposition that, unless good reason exists to think otherwise, the theological accounts of the ancient church articulate the genuine beliefs of their authors. The significance of this volume lies in the methodological definition it offers. The strength of this volume lies in the fact that its definition of the historical method of studying theology is not the work of a single mind but that of over twenty respected scholars, many of whom are leaders in the field. The volume begins with an introductory essay that orients readers to various approaches to early Christian literature, it moves to two technical essays that define the historical method of studying early Christian theology, and then it illustrates the practice of this method with more than twenty essays that cover a period stretching from the first century to the dawn of the seventh.
The World of Early Egyptian Christianity
Title | The World of Early Egyptian Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | D. W Johnson |
Publisher | CUA Press |
Total Pages | 249 |
Release | 2007-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0813214807 |
With increasing interest in early Egyptian (Coptic) Christianity, this volume offers an important collection of essays about Coptic language, literature, and social history by the very finest authors in the field. The essays explore a wide range of topics and offer much to the advancement of Coptic studies
The Bible and Early Trinitarian Theology
Title | The Bible and Early Trinitarian Theology PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher A. Beeley |
Publisher | CUA Press |
Total Pages | 294 |
Release | 2018-02-09 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0813229952 |
Based on a multi-year consultation in the Society of Biblical Literature, The Bible and Early Trinitarian Theology brings new insights to the relationship between patristic exegesis and current strategies of biblical interpretation, specifically with reference to the doctrine of the Trinity.
Genesis in Late Antique Poetry
Title | Genesis in Late Antique Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Faulkner |
Publisher | CUA Press |
Total Pages | 250 |
Release | 2022-05-13 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0813235561 |
The biblical book of Genesis stands nearly without parallel in the shared history of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Because of its abiding importance to late antique theology and practical life across religious boundaries, it gave rise to a wide range of literary responses. The essays in this book study an array of Jewish and Christian responses to Genesis as they took shape in specific literary forms—the unique genres of late antique poetry. While late antique and early medieval Jews and Christians did not always agree in their interpretations of Genesis, they participated broadly in a shared culture of poetic production. Some of these poetic genres paralleled one another simply as distinct examples of metered speech, while others emerged in conversation and through mutual influence. Though late antique poems developed in a variety of languages and across religious boundaries, scholarly study of late antique poetry has tended to isolate the phenomenon according to language. As a corrective to this linguistic isolation, this book initiates a comparative conversation around the Jewish and Christian poetry that emerged in late antique Aramaic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and Syriac. Tending equally to exegetical content and literary form, the essays in this book sit at the intersection of a variety of scholarly conversations—around the history of biblical exegesis, the formation of late antique and early medieval literature and literary culture, and the comparative study of Judaism and Christianity.