Gregory of Nyssa, Ancient and (Post)modern($45.83Value)

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The fourth-century Christian thinker, Gregory of Nyssa, has been the subject of a huge variety of interpretations over the past fifty years. Morwenna Ludlow analyses these recent readings, 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? "thorough and up-to-date...[a] very rich treatment of Gregory's theology." --Anthony Meredith. The Journal of Theological Studies. April 2010 "an ambitious overview of a fascinating subfield in which patristics and systematics interact." --Augustine Casiday, Theology 13/07/2010 "Morwenna Ludlow's magnificent and assured book has a clarity and a brilliance that shines on a number of levels." --David Jasper, Literature and Theology 12/08/2009 "an important new contribution to scholarship on Gregory Nyssen and the Cappadocian...Ludlow's latest book is a fine work, with conclusions that contribute to both Cappadocian scholarship and the broader field of patristics...a volume that will introduce new students to contemporary interpretations of Gregory and engage many long-time readers with new questions and insights into the method of interpreting patristic texts." --Kevin D. Hill, Review of Biblical Literature 01/05/2008 "This is a valuable contribution to the growing scholarship on Gregory of Nyssa." --Ilaria Ramelli, Review of Biblical Literature 01/05/2008 "Morwenna Ludlow's magnificent and assured book has a clarity and a brilliance that shines on a number of levels" --Literature and Theology A unique interdisciplinary study of Gregory of Nyssa A unique interdisciplinary study of Gregory of Nyssa Morwenna Ludlow is Lecturer in Patristics at the University of Exeter. Morwenna Ludlow is Lecturer in Patristics at the University of Exeter.