Irenaeus : life, scripture, legacy /

Irenaeus : life, scripture, legacy / [print] edited by Sara Parvis and Paul Foster. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, (c)2012. - xv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Based on a conference held in 2009 at the University of Edinburgh.



PennsylvaniaRT ONE: LIFE: IRENAEUS AND HawaiiS ColoradoNTEXT -- Who was Irenaeus? An introduction to the man and his work The cultural geography of a Greek Christian: Irenaeus from Smyrna to Lyons How Irenaeus has misled the archaeologists Paul Parvis -- Jared Secord -- Allen Brent PennsylvaniaRT TWO: South CarolinaRIPTURE: IRENAEUS AND HawaiiS South CarolinaRIPTURAL TRADITIONS: -- The parable of the two sons (Matt. 21:28-32) in Irenaeus and Codex Bezae / Denis Minns -- Irenaeus and Hebrews Irenaeus's contribution to early Christian interpretation of the Song of songs The man with no name: who is the elder in Irenaeus's Adversus haereses IV? / Sebastian Mol -- The man who needed no introduction: a response to Sebastian Moll Irenaeus and the noncanonical gospels Irenaeus, the scribes, and the Scriptures: papyrological and theological observations from P. Oxy. 405 D. Jeffrey Bingham -- Karl Shuve -- Charles E. Hill -- Paul Foster -- Charles E. Hill PennsylvaniaRT THREE: LEGACY: IRENAEUS AND HawaiiS THEOLOGICAL TRADITIONS: -- The heart of Irenaeus's theology Irenaeus and the knowledge of God as Father: text and context "The rule of truth ... which he received through baptism" (Haer. I.9.4): catechesis, ritual, and exegesis in Irenaeus's Gaul Irenaeus, women, and tradition / Sara Parvis -- Irenaeus and the exegetical roots of trinitarian theology The image of God in Irenaeus, Marcellus, and Eustathius Packaging Irenaeus: Adversus haereses and its editors Tracing the Irenaean legacy Michael Slusser -- Peter Widdicombe -- Alistair Stewart -- Stephen O. Presley -- Sophie Cartwright -- Paul Parvis -- Irenaeus M.C. Steenberg.

"Champion of martyrs, scourge of heretics, erudite theologian, shrewd politician--no account of early Christianity is complete without careful consideration of Irenaeus of Lyons. Here a team of international scholars examines aspects of the saint's life, historical context, engagement with scripture, and his ecclesiastical and theological legacy for succeeding generations."--Publisher description.



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Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop of Lyon --Congresses.


Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop Of Lyons, C.125 - C.202.

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