The Sculptor and his Stone: Selected Readings on Hellenistic and Christian Learning and Thought in the Early Greek Fathers
This book argues for the inseparability of classical Hellenism from the Greek patristic tradition from a distinctly Eastern Orthodox perspective. Postulating a common striving for truth in both domains, it places emphasis on the contributions of theancients and Greek paideia to Christian learning and culture. In the spirit of the late Werner Jaeger, the essays contained in the volume provide a fruitful strategy for looking anew at the Greek classical world and Christianity through the eyes of the Greek Fathers, the direct inheritors of the ancient Greek worldview. Collectively, the author and contributors excellently demonstrate that, conflated with the visionary insights of the Jewish prophets and of Jewish messianism, the wisdom of the ancients served to pave the way for the unfolding of the fullness of Christian teaching and its spiritually enlightening revelation.
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The Sculptor and his Stone: Selected Readings on Hellenistic and Christian Learning and Thought in the Early Greek Fathers
This book argues for the inseparability of classical Hellenism from the Greek patristic tradition from a distinctly Eastern Orthodox perspective. Postulating a common striving for truth in both domains, it places emphasis on the contributions of theancients and Greek paideia to Christian learning and culture. In the spirit of the late Werner Jaeger, the essays contained in the volume provide a fruitful strategy for looking anew at the Greek classical world and Christianity through the eyes of the Greek Fathers, the direct inheritors of the ancient Greek worldview. Collectively, the author and contributors excellently demonstrate that, conflated with the visionary insights of the Jewish prophets and of Jewish messianism, the wisdom of the ancients served to pave the way for the unfolding of the fullness of Christian teaching and its spiritually enlightening revelation.
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The Sculptor and his Stone: Selected Readings on Hellenistic and Christian Learning and Thought in the Early Greek Fathers
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The Sculptor and his Stone: Selected Readings on Hellenistic and Christian Learning and Thought in the Early Greek Fathers
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780227176221 |
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| Publisher: | James Clarke & Co |
| Publication date: | 01/26/2017 |
| Pages: | 172 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d) |
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