The Spirit and the Scriptures: Revisiting Cyprian's Use of Prosopological Exegesis

While recent research into the early Christian reading practice of prosopological exegesis, which seeks to identify various persons (prosopa) as the "true" speakers or addressees of a scriptural text in which they are otherwise not in view, has highlighted the complexities involved in atte...

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Main Author: Hughes, Kyle R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2018]
In: Journal of early Christian history
Year: 2018, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 35-48
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit
Further subjects:B Holy Spirit
B Pneumatology
B Cyprian
B Tertullian
B prosopological exegesis
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