Divine meaning : studies in patristic hermeneutics / [print]
Thomas F. Torrance.
- Edinburgh : T&T Clark, (c)1995.
- 439 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The complex background of biblical interpretation -- Phusikos Kai Theologikos Logos: St. Paul and Athenagoras at Athens -- Kerygmatic proclamation of the gospel: Irenaeus, The demonstration of apostolic preaching -- Dramatic proclamation of the gospel: Melito of Sardis, Homily on the passion -- Early patristic interpretation of the Holy Scriptures -- The hermeneutics of Clement of Alexandria -- Athanasius: a study in the foundations of classical theology -- The hermeneutics of Athanasius -- The Greek conception of space in the background of early Chirsitan theology -- The relation of the incarnation to space in Nicene theology -- The logic and analogic of biblical and theological statements in the Greek fathers -- Transition to the west: the interpretation of biblical and theological statements according to Hilary of Poitiers.