Christ, creation, and the vision of God : Augustine's transformation of early Christian theophany interpretation / / by Kari Kloos.

Early Christians interpreted the biblical theophany narratives as manifestations of Christ, yet Augustine challenged and reconfigured this view. Developing over centuries into two major exegetical strands, the transformation of theophany interpretation reveals the critical and adaptive capacity of...

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Superior document:The Bible in ancient Christianity ; v. 7
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Bible in ancient Christianity ; v. 7.
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
Notes:
  • Based on the author's thesis--University of Notre Dame.
  • Regis Faculty Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE POLEMICAL-DOCTRINAL STRAND: IDENTITY AND MEDIATION
  • THE SPIRITUAL STRAND: VISION AND TRANSFORMATION
  • THEOPHANY INTERPRETATION AND PRO-NICENE THEOLOGY
  • VISION, SIGNS, AND CHRIST IN AUGUSTINE’S EARLY THEOPHANY NARRATIVE INTERPRETATION
  • AUGUSTINE’S EXEGETICAL SHIFT IN DE TRINITATE
  • THE IMPLICATIONS OF AUGUSTINE’S THEOPHANY NARRATIVE EXEGESIS
  • CONCLUSION
  • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX OF SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES
  • INDEX OF ANCIENT WRITINGS.