Knowledge, Language and Intellection from Origen to Gregory Nazianzen : A Selective Survey

Anna Usacheva

ISBN 10: 3631731094 / ISBN 13: 9783631731093

Published by Peter Lang, 2017

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Epistemological theories of the patristic authors seldom attract attention of the researchers. This unfortunate status quo contrasts with a crucial place of the theory of knowledge in the thought of such prominent authors as Origen and the Cappadocian fathers. This book surveys the patristic epistemological discourse in its various settings. In the context of the Church history it revolves around the Eunomian controversy, Eunomius' language theory and Gregory Nazianzen's cognitive theory, where the ideas of Apostle Paul were creatively combined with the Peripatetic teaching. In the framework of Biblical exegesis, it touches upon the issues of the textual criticism of the Homeric and Jewish scholarship, which had significantly shaped Origen's paradigm of the Biblical studies.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowledge, Language and Intellection from Origen to Gregory Nazianzen : A Selective Survey
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631731094
• ISBN 13: 9783631731093
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 160H x 18D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 481 grams

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Synopsis

Epistemological theories of the patristic authors seldom attract attention of the researchers. This unfortunate status quo contrasts with a crucial place of the theory of knowledge in the thought of such prominent authors as Origen and the Cappadocian fathers. This book surveys the patristic epistemological discourse in its various settings. In the context of the Church history it revolves around the Eunomian controversy, Eunomius’ language theory and Gregory Nazianzen’s cognitive theory, where the ideas of Apostle Paul were creatively combined with the Peripatetic teaching. In the framework of Biblical exegesis, it touches upon the issues of the textual criticism of the Homeric and Jewish scholarship, which had significantly shaped Origen’s paradigm of the Biblical studies.

About the Author

Anna Usacheva holds a PhD in Classical Philology and was a lecturer in Patristics and Ancient Languages at St. Tikhon Orthodox University (Moscow, Russia). Currently, she is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Theology, Aarhus University (Denmark).