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Reading the Church Fathers
Scot Douglas
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Paperback. A collection of essays surrounding hermeneutic approaches to early Christian theological texts. It raises hermeneutical questions surrounding the reading of the Fathers. It includes chapters which discuss issues such as: What makes a 'good' reading of a church Father?; and, What constitutes a 'responsible' reading? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 360.
This title is a unique collection of essays surrounding modern hermeneutic approaches to early Christian theological texts. Reading the corpus of texts written by the Fathers of the Church has always been a core area in Christian theology. However, scholars and academics are by no means united in the question how these important but difficult authors should be read and interpreted. Many of them are divided by implicit (but often unquestioned) assumptions about the best way to approach the texts or by underlying hermeneutical questions about the norms, limits and opportunities of reading Ancient Christian writers. This book will raise ... Read more
This title is a unique collection of essays surrounding modern hermeneutic approaches to early Christian theological texts. Reading the corpus of texts written by the Fathers of the Church has always been a core area in Christian theology. However, scholars and academics are by no means united in the question how these important but difficult authors should be read and interpreted. Many of them are divided by implicit (but often unquestioned) assumptions about the best way to approach the texts or by underlying hermeneutical questions about the norms, limits and opportunities of reading Ancient Christian writers. This book will raise ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780567607621
SKU
V9780567607621
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About Scot Douglas
Morwenna Ludlow is Lecturer in Patristics at the University of Exetery, UK. Scot Douglass is Associate Professor in the Herbst Program of Humanities for Engineers at University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.
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