The Church as Paradise and the Way Therein: Early Christian Appropriation of Genesis 3:22-24

by Christopher Graham

In The Church as Paradise and the Way Therein: Early Christian Appropriation of Genesis 3:22-24, Christopher A. Graham demonstrates that early Christian authors employed the words "paradise" and "way" as allusions to the expulsion narrative (Genesis 3:22-24) to signify that the benefits available in protological Paradise were once again accessible in and through Jesus and the Church.

The centrality of the expulsion narrative in their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004341811
• ISBN13: 9789004341814
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"