The vision of Didymus the Blind : a fourth-century virtue-origenism /

A broad reading of the theological and exegetical works of Didymus the Blind suggests he is best understood not in terms of older 'Alexandrian'/'Antiochene' paradigms but as a proponent of 'virtue-Origenism'. An independent teacher, based in Alexandria throughout the se...

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Bayliss, Grant D.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
A broad reading of the theological and exegetical works of Didymus the Blind suggests he is best understood not in terms of older 'Alexandrian'/'Antiochene' paradigms but as a proponent of 'virtue-Origenism'. An independent teacher, based in Alexandria throughout the second half of the fourth century, Didymus appealed to many within the broadly Origenist currents of Egyptian asceticism, including Jerome, Rufinus, and Evagrius.
Umfang:
1 online resource (290 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-108180-9
0-19-181077-0
0-19-106504-8
Schlagworte:
Didymus, > the Blind, > approximately 313-approximately 398.
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