Gregory of Nyssa, Ancient and (Post)Modern

by Morwenna Ludlow

Book Overview

The fourth-century Christian thinker, Gregory of Nyssa, has been the subject of a huge variety of interpretations over the past fifty years, from historians, theologians, philosophers, and others. In this highly original study, Morwenna Ludlow analyses these recent readings of Gregory of Nyssa and asks: What do they reveal about modern and postmodern interpretations of the Christian past? What do they say about the nature of Gregory's writing? Working...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199280762
• ISBN13: 9780199280766
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"