Christosis: Engaging Paul's Soteriology with His Patristic Interpreters

by Ben C. Blackwell

Amid increasing interaction between Eastern and Western theologians, several recent biblical interpreters have characterized Paul's soteriology as theosis, or deification, harking back to patristic interpretations of Paul. In this book Ben C. Blackwell critically evaluates that interpretation as he explores the anthropological dimension of Paul's soteriology.

Blackwell first examines two major Greek patristic interpreters of Paul --...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080287391X
• ISBN13: 9780802873910
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"