Angelomorphic Pneumatology

Clement of Alexandria and Other Early Christian Witnesses
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17414-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 95, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

Reihe: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements

This book discusses the occurrence of angelic imagery in early Christian discourse about the Holy Spirit. Taking as its entry-point Clement of Alexandria’s less explored writings, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae propheticae, and Adumbrationes, it shows that Clement’s angelomorphic pneumatology occurs in tandem with spirit christology, within a theological framework still characterized by a binitarian orientation. This complex theological articulation, supported by the exegesis of specific biblical passages (Zech 4: 10; Isa 11: 2-3; Matt 18:10), reworks Jewish and Christian traditions about the seven first-created angels, and constitutes a relatively widespread phenomenon in early Christianity. Evidence to support this claim is presented in the course of separate studies of Revelation, the Shepherd of Hermas, Justin Martyr, and Aphrahat.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bucur, Bogdan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Bogdan Gabriel Bucur, Ph.D. (Marquette University, 2007), is assistant professor of theology at Duquesne University, in Pittsburgh, U.S.A. He has published several articles in the areas of biblical studies and the history of Christian thought, mostly on angelomorphic pneumatology and the early Christian exegesis of biblical theophanies.