"Blessed is He who has brought Adam from Sheol" : : Christ's Descent to the Dead in the Theology of Saint Ephrem the Syrian /

"Blessed is He who has brought Adam from Sheol" : : Christ's Descent to the Dead in the Theology of Saint Ephrem the Syrian / / Thomas Buchan.

Buchan's work is an examination of the theological use of the doctrine of Christ's descent to the dead in the works of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (ca. 306-373 C.E.). Ephrem's conception of Christ's descent to Sheol provides us with an important and distinctive vision of the signific...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015
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Buchan, Thomas,
Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics
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Physical Description:1 online resource (407 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE: COSMOLOGY AND CHRIST'S DESCENT TO SHEOL IN THE THEOLOGY OF EPHREM THE SYRIAN
  • CHAPTER TWO: CHRIST'S INCARNATION AND DESCENT TO SHEOL IN THE THEOLOGY OF EPHREM THE SYRIAN
  • CHAPTER THREE: CHRIST'S DESCENT TO SHEOL AND SOTERIOLOGY IN THE THEOLOGY OF EPHREM THE SYRIAN
  • CHAPTER FOUR: CHRIST'S DESCENT TO SHEOL, ECCLESIOLOGY AND SACRAMENTS IN THE THEOLOGY OF EPHREM THE SYRIAN
  • CHAPTER FIVE: CHRIST'S DESCENT TO SHEOL AND ESCHATOLOGY IN THE THEOLOGY OF EPHREM THE SYRIAN
  • CONCLUSION: CHRIST'S DESCENT TO SHEOL IN THE THEOLOGY OF EPHREM THE SYRIAN
  • APPENDIX: CHRIST'S DESCENT TO SHEOL IN SELECTIONS FROM SYRIAC CHRISTIAN LITERATURE PRIOR TO SAINT EPHREM
  • SOURCES CONSULTED

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