Witnessing The Kingdom: Studies In New Testament History Et Theology

Synopsis

The Collected Studies Of John A. Mcguckin Offers The Fruits Of Decades Of Research And Scholarly Achievement. The Three Volumes Represent Three Pillars, Upon Which The Life And Outlook Of Orthodox Christians Must Rest: Volume One, Witnessing The Kingdom, Presents Studies In The History And Theology Of The New Testament; Volume Two, Seeing The Glory, Includes Numerous Studies On Different Fathers Of The Church And Their Theology; Volume Three, Illumined In The Spirit, Delves Into Orthodox Spirituality In The Past And Present. Without These Three--scripture, The Fathers, And Spirituality--our Life And Vision Are Incomplete. -- V.1 Witnessing The Kingdom -- V.2 Seeing The Glory -- V.3 Illumined In The Spirit. Volume 1. The Sign Of The Prophet : The Significance Of Meals In The Doctrine Of Jesus -- Jesus' Self-designation As A Prophet -- Sacrifice And Atonement : An Investigation Into The Attitude Of Jesus Of Nazareth Towards Cultic Sacrifice -- Signs Of The Kingdom : A Consideration Of The Relationship Between The Ancient Doctrine Of The Kingdom Of God And Contemporary Ethical Decision-making -- The Various Quests For The Historical Jesus -- The Book Of Revelation And Orthodox Eschatology : The Theodrama Of Judgment -- Authority, Obedience, And The Holiness Of God : The New Testament Sense Of The Kingdom -- The Ambivalences Of Seeing The Divine In The Gospel Narratives -- Christian Asceticism : The Early School Of Alexandria -- Patterns Of Biblical Exegesis In The Cappadocian Fathers -- Eschatological Horizons In The Cappadocian Fathers -- Recent Biblical Hermeneutics In Patristic Perspective : The Tradition Of Orthodoxy. Volume 2. The Vine And The Elm Tree : The Patristic Interpretation Of Jesus' Teachings On Wealth -- The Christology Of The Apostolic Fathers -- Irenaeus Of Lyons (130-200) : Re-imagining The Cosmos From The Perspective Of The Oppressed -- Martyr Devotion In The Alexandrian School : Origen To Athanasius -- Origen As Literary Critic In The Alexandrian Tradition -- The Changing Forms Of Jesus According To Origen Of Alexandria -- Origen Of Alexandria On The Mystery Of The Pre-existent Church -- Structural Design And Apologetic Intent In Origen's Commentary On John -- Exegesis And Metaphysics In Origen's Biblical Philosophy -- Perceiving Light From Light In Light (oration 3i.3) : The Trinitarian Theology Of Saint Gregory The Theologian -- St. Basil The Great's Exposition Of Nicene Orthodoxy -- St. Gregory Of Nyssa On The Dynamics Of Salvation -- Deification In Greek Patristic Thought : The Cappadocian Fathers' Strategic Adaptation Of A Tradition -- St. Cyril Of Alexandria's Miaphysite Christology And Chalcedonian Dyophysitism -- Nestorius And The Political Factions Of Fifth-century Byzantium : Factors In His Personal Downfall -- The Trinity In The Greek Fathers -- The Holy Trinity As The Dynamic Of The World's Salvation In The Greek Fathers -- The Notion Of The Beautiful In Greek Thought And Its Early Christian Transfiguration -- The Eros Of Divine Beauty In St. Maximus The Confessor (c. 580-662). Volume 3. Theotokos : The Mother Of God In The Later Patristic Period -- Origen On The Glory Of God -- The Vision Of God In St. Gregory Nazianzen -- The Prayer Of The Heart In Patristic & Early Byzantine Tradition -- Non-violence And Peace Traditions In Early And Eastern Christianity -- The Christian Sense Of The Desert -- A Remembrance Of Sedulius The Irishman : (carmen 70) -- Christian Spirituality In Byzantium -- The Shaping Of The Soul's Perceptions In The Byzantine Ascetic Elias Ekdikos -- Embodying The New Society : The Byzantine Christian Instinct Of Philanthropy -- A Neglected Masterpiece Of The Christian Mystical Tradition : The Hymns Of Divine Eros By Symeon The New Theologian (949-1022) -- St. Gregory Palamas And The Triads In Defense Of The Holy Hesychasts -- The Life And Mission Of St. Paisius Velichkovsky, 1722-94 : An Early Modern Master Of The Orthodox Spiritual Life -- Fr. Pavel Florensky And Iconic Dreaming -- The Jesus Prayer -- The Rasskaz Strannika : A Russian Pilgrim's Way Of Prayer -- The Great Mystery Of Marital Communion : Reimagining Orthodox Christian Foundations -- Orthodoxy And Culture -- The Issue Of Human Rights In Byzantium & The Orthodox Tradition. John A. Mcguckin. Includes Bibliographical References. Also Available In Electronic Format.