St John Damascene: Tradition and Originality in Byzantine Theology

by Andrew Louth

Overview

John Damascene, a monk near Jerusalem in the early 700s, never set foot in the Byzantine Empire, yet he had a great influence on Byzantine theology. This book, the first to present an overall account of John's life and work, sets him in the context of the early synods of the Church that took place in the Palestinian monasteries during the first century of Arab rule.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199275274
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/06/2005
Series:	Oxford Early Christian Studies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	346
Product dimensions:	8.56(w) x 5.58(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Andrew Louth is Professor of Patristic and Byzantine Studies, University of Durham, and General Editor (with Gillian Clark) of Oxford Early Christian Studies.

Table of Contents

1. Life and Times2. John Damascene and Tradition3. The Fountain Head of Knowledge: Nature and Development4. Settling the Terms5. Defining Error6. Defining the Faith7. Against the Iconoclasts8. Chrysorrhoas ('flowing with gold'): John the PreacherInterlude9. Glykorrhêmôn ('sweetly speaking'): John the PoetEpilogue

Editorial Reviews

"This is a genuinely groundbreaking book...Andrew Louth is eminently qualified for this task...That this book raises such issues demonstrates how much it has to offer contemporary theologians...This book is a model of theologically aware historical scholarship, and is sure to remain the definitive work on St John of Damascus for some time to come."—St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly

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