Image, Word and God in the Early Christian Centuries

by Mark J. Edwards

Christianity proclaims Christ and the incarnate word of God; the Bible is described as the Word of God in both Jewish and Christian tradition. Are these usages merely homonymous, or would the ancients have recognized a more intimate relation between the word incarnate and the word proclaimed? This book investigates the concept of logos in pagan, Jewish and Christian thought, with a view to elucidating the polyphonic functions which the word acquired...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409406717
• ISBN13: 9781409406716
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages