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The church as paradise and the way therein : early Christian appropriation of Genesis 3:22-24
- Title
- The church as paradise and the way therein : early Christian appropriation of Genesis 3:22-24 / by Christopher A. Graham.
- Author
- Graham, Christopher A.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
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- Description
- xiii, 249 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- 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 literary milieus gave these authors confidence that readers would discern these allusions. After considering the reception of the expulsion in texts circulating within the early Christian milieu, Graham turns to the texts of Luke and Irenaeus of Lyons. Both authors drew from an interpretive tradition in which a return to Paradise was desirable. Both celebrated Jesus's reversal of Adam's expulsion and the constitution of Jesus's followers as the location and means by which humanity could continue to access divine truth and life. For both authors, the Church is Paradise and the way therein.
- Series Statement
- Bible in Ancient Christianity ; volume 12
- Uniform Title
- Bible in ancient Christianity ; v. 12.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-232) and index.
- Contents
- Paradise Lost again: introduction -- Paradise as preface: ancient reception of Gen 3:22-24 -- Far from paradise but near the way: Early Christian reception of Gen 3:22-24 -- The Lukan ways back to paradise -- Irenaeus's church: paradise in this world -- One way: Irenaean appropriation of way-language.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-9285
- ISBN
- 9789004341814
- 9004341811
- LCCN
- 2017000992
- 9789004341814
- OCLC
- 972062371
- Author
- Graham, Christopher A., author.
- Title
- The church as paradise and the way therein : early Christian appropriation of Genesis 3:22-24 / by Christopher A. Graham.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Bible in Ancient Christianity ; volume 12Bible in ancient Christianity ; v. 12.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-232) and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9789004341814
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-9285