The interpretation of Kenosis from Origen to Cyril of Alexandria: dimensions of self-emptying in the reception of Philippians 2:7
The self-emptying of Christ, proclaimed in the letter to the Philippians 2:7, remains a much-debated topic in modern theology and exegesis. This book brings the insights of Greek Christianity to the understanding of kenosis to illustrate that new dimensions of the topic open up when it is examined i...
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2024
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| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Magree, Michael C., The interpretation of Kenosis from Origen to Cyril of Alexandria : dimensions of self-emptying in the reception of Philippians 2:7] (2025) (Kulpa, Karol Piotr, 1981 -)
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| Summary: | The self-emptying of Christ, proclaimed in the letter to the Philippians 2:7, remains a much-debated topic in modern theology and exegesis. This book brings the insights of Greek Christianity to the understanding of kenosis to illustrate that new dimensions of the topic open up when it is examined in the historical era of early Christianity. Cover -- The Interpretation of Kenosis from Origen to Cyril of Alexandria: Dimensions of Self-Emptying in the Reception of Philippians 2:7 -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Other Conventions -- Introduction -- 1: Modern Exegesis of Philippians 2:6-7 -- 1.1 Context and Method -- 1.2 Philippians 2:6-11: A "Hymn" or Not? -- 1.3 Pre-existence and Harpagmos -- 1.4 Kenosis in Modern Exegesis -- 1.4.1 Linguistic Analysis -- 1.4.2 Jeremias and Isaiah -- 1.4.3 The Religionsgeschichte School -- 1.4.4 Theophanic Interpretation: Wright, Bauckham, Gorman -- 1.5 Questions about Questions: Three Contrasts in Modern Exegesis -- 1.5.1 Literature versus Dogma -- 1.5.2 History versus Metaphysics -- 1.5.3 Whose Metaphysics? -- 1.6 Conclusion -- 2: Ancient Reading, and Kenotic Philanthropy in Origen -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Ancient Interpretation -- 2.2.1 Grammar, Rhetoric, and Interpretation -- 2.2.2 Philosophy and Literary Criticism -- 2.3 Early Christian Theologies and Philippians 2:7 -- 2.3.1 Valentinians and Marcionites and Philippians 2:7 -- 2.3.2 Clement of Alexandria and Philippians 2:7 -- 2.4 Origen -- 2.4.1 Origen on Philippians 2:7 as Foundational for Exegesis -- 2.4.2 Philippians 2:7, Non-Thematized -- 2.4.3 Origen on Procession and the Revelatory Economy -- 2.4.4 Ensoulment of the Word -- 2.4.5 Kenosis and the Union of Natures -- 2.4.6 Origen's Contra Celsum and Immutability -- 2.4.7 Origen Proposing Christ's Self-Emptying as Object of Christian Imitation -- 2.4.8 Origen against Heraclides -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3: Philippians 2:7 in Eusebius and Athanasius -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Conceptual Background: Agency in the Age of Nicaea -- 3.3 Eusebius of Caesarea: Philippians 2 in Anti-Marcellan Polemic -- 3.3.1 Eusebius on the Father and the Son. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-889667-8 |
