Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God

by Behr

This book presents the first modern critical edition of the work of Gregory of Nyssa, On the Human Image of God (formerly known as On the Making of Man, De hominis opificio) and the first English translation since the nineteenth century. This treatise is one of the most important of Gregory's texts. Paralleling the structure of Plato's Timaeus, Gregory's work begins by offering two analyses of the human being. The first presents the human being as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192843974
• ISBN13: 9780192843975
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 8.8"