Title
From logos to trinity [electronic resource] : the evolution of religious beliefs from Pythagoras to Tertullian / Marian Hillar.
ISBN
9781139218030 (electronic book)
9781107013308
Publication Details
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 320 p.)
Call Number
BT109 .H56 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
231/.044
Summary
"This book presents a critical evaluation of the doctrine of the Trinity, tracing its development and investigating the intellectual, philosophical, and theological background that shaped this influential doctrine of Christianity. Despite the centrality of Trinitarian thought to Christianity, and its importance as one of the fundamental tenets that differentiates Christianity from Judaism and Islam, the doctrine is not fully formulated in the canon of Christian scriptural texts. Instead, it evolved through the conflation of selective pieces of scripture with the philosophical and religious ideas of ancient Hellenistic milieu. Marian Hillar analyzes the development of Trinitarian thought during the formative years of Christianity from its roots in ancient Greek philosophical concepts and religious thinking in the Mediterranean region. He identifies several important sources of Trinitarian thought heretofore largely ignored by scholars, including the Greek middle-Platonic philosophical writings of Numenius and Egyptian metaphysical writings and monuments representing divinity as a triune entity"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Foreword / by Anthony Buzzard
The logos in Greek culture
The logos in Judaism
The development of Jewish Messianic traditions: the source of Christian scrupture and doctrines
Development of the Hellenistic Christian doctrine
Justin Martyr and the logos
Justin Martyr and the metaphysical triad
Terullian, originator of the trinity
Tertullian and the son of God
Thomas Aquinas and the accepted concept of the Trinity
Appendix I: The possible sources for the development of the Christian Trinitarian concepts
Appendix II: Egyptian chronology.
