John of Damascus.
"John of Damascus, the eighth century theologian of the newly re-established Jerusalem Patriarchate, remains understudied because many consider him no more than a compiler of tradition, saying nothing original. We challenge this misconception by exploring ways in which John made his sources his...
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| Superior document: | Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : BRILL,, 2022. ©2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (299 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Maps, Figures, and Tables
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Contributors
- Maps
- Introduction (Ables)
- Part 1. The Damascene's Sources, Life, and Context
- Chapter 1. The Greek Lives of St John Damascene: Common Information, Differences, and Historical Value (Volk)
- Chapter 2. New Evidence for the Source of the Arabic Life of John Damascene and the Arabic Translation of the Expositio fidei (Ibrahim)
- Chapter 3. The Purpose of the Anti-Manichaean Polemic of John of Damascus (Ables)
- Chapter 4. 'Ὡς θεῖος ἔφη Διονύσιος'-John Damascene's Reception and Interpretation of the Corpus Areopagiticum (Adrahtas)
- Chapter 5. The Ordering of Knowing and the Acquisition of Knowledge in the Expositio fidei (Schadler)
- Chapter 6. 'Supposedly Encountered an Arian Monk': John of Damascus on the Origin of Islam (Awad)
- Chapter 7. Theology for the Public: Aspects of John of Damascus' Theological Discourse in His Homilies (Tsagkaropoulos)
- Part 2. The Damascene's Theological Vision
- Chapter 8. The Understanding of the Sacraments in John of Damascus' Theology (Kontouma)
- Chapter 9. Imago Dei: The Functionality of the Divine Image in John of Damascus (Méndez-Gallardo)
- Chapter 10. The Concept of Matter in St John Damascene's Anti-Manichaean Theology of Creation (Papavissarion)
- Chapter 11. Philosophy as Both an Instrument and a Structural Principle of Theological Discourse in John Damascene (Zhyrkova)
- Chapter 12. John of Damascus' View of Universals and Particulars in Light of the Christological Debate (Zachhuber)
- Chapter 13. The Historicity of Personal Being: A Dialogue in Absentia between John Damascene and Martin Heidegger (Markov)
- Appendix. Expositio et declaratio fidei CPG 8078: Introduction and English Translation (Ibrahim)
- Index of Modern Authors.
- Index of Names and Subjects
- Index of Ancient Sources.