The Sculptor and his Stone
Selected Readings on Hellenistic and Christian Learning and Thought in the Early Greek Fathers
by Chrysostomos
Paperback (No longer our product)
(January 2017)
ISBN: 9780227176221
5.98 x 9.02 inches
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A collection of essays exploring the importance of classical Hellenistic thought in the early development of the Eastern Orthodox tradition.
This book argues for the inseparability of classical Hellenism from the Greek patristic tradition from a distinctly Eastern Orthodox perspective. Postulating a common striving for truth in both domains, it places emphasis on the contributions of theancients and Greek paideia to Christian learning and culture. In the spirit of the late Werner Jaeger, the essays contained in the volume provide a fruitful strategy for looking anew at the Greek classical world and Christianity through the eyes of the Greek Fathers, the direct inheritors of the ancient Greek worldview. Collectively, the author and contributors excellently demonstrate that, conflated with the visionary insights of the Jewish prophets and of Jewish messianism, the wisdom of the ancients served to pave the way for the unfolding of the fullness of Christian teaching and its spiritually enlightening revelation.
- By (author) Chrysostomos
"This fine book illustrates how early Christian thought synthesised Jewish revelation with Greek philosophy and literature, integrating intellectual knowledge with spiritual understanding. The articles illustrate this synthesis with a number of topics, such as the relationship between soul, body, and spirit. Metropolitan Chrysostomos' clear introduction encourages readers, in the current anti-Christian culture, to understand the powerful truths and insights of the early Christian writers." Jeffrey Burton Russell, Emeritus Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara "Archbishop Chrysostomos has not produced merely a simple collection of texts. If one follows them step by step, he will certainly decipher a golden thread that goes deeper into the history of the birth of Orthodox Christianity. ... The subject matter is complex and difficult. Nevertheless [the book] commends itself as an easy, fruitful, erudite, and spiritual reading." Remus Rus, Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of Bucharest, Romania
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