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Sheridan, Mark.
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Bible -- Hermeneutics.
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
God -- Biblical teaching.
Anthropomorphism.
God (Christianity)
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Language for God in patristic tradition : wrestling with biblical anthropomorphism / Mark Sheridan ; foreword by Thomas C. Oden.
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Sheridan, Mark.
Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, c2015.
Subjects
Bible -- Hermeneutics.
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
God -- Biblical teaching.
Anthropomorphism.
God (Christianity)
ISBN:
9780830840649 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
0830840648 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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254 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
God is not like humans -- The philosophers' critique of myth and the defense of Homer through allegorical interpretation -- Hellenistic Jewish interpretation of the scriptures -- The interpretation of the scriptures in the New Testament : a model for later writers -- The early Christian writers -- Three classic cases -- The special problem of the Psalms -- Ancient and modern ways of dealing with the problematic texts -- Appendix: Ancient Christian hermeneutics : the presuppositions, the criteria and the rules employed -- Biographical sketches of early Christian writers and other significant authors.
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"Language for God in Patristic Tradition is a landmark resource for students of ancient Christian theology. Wide-ranging in scope and accessible in its analysis, it demonstrates that those engaged in theological interpretation of Scripture have much to gain from studying their forebears in the faith."--Publisher's website.
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Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
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