The church as paradise and the way therein : : early Christian appropriation of Genesis 3:22-24 / / by Christopher A. Graham.
In The Church as Paradise and the Way Therein: Early Christian Appropriation of Genesis 3:22–24 , Christopher A. Graham demonstrates that early Christian authors employed the words “paradise” and “way” as allusions to the expulsion narrative (Genesis 3:22–24) to signify that the benefits available i...
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| Superior document: | The Bible in Ancient Christianity, Volume 12 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017. ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Bible in ancient Christianity ;
Volume 12. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (263 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Paradise Lost Again: Introduction
- Paradise as Preface: Ancient Reception of Gen 3:22–24
- Far from Paradise but Near the Way: Early Christian Reception of Gen 3:22–24
- The Lukan Ways Back to Paradise
- Irenaeus’s Church: Paradise in This World
- One Way: Irenaean Appropriation of Way-Language
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Modern Reception History of Appellative Way-Language
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Names and Subjects.