Demetrios Tonias
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Abraham In The Works Of John Chrysostom
$59.00Add to cartIntroduction
1. Literary, Rhetorical, And Exegetical Influences
2. Abraham’s Virtue
3. Abraham’s Pastoral Significance
4. Abraham’s Exegetical And Theological Significance
5. Abraham In Chrysostom’s View Of Jews And Judaism
6. De Beato Abraham: An Authentic Homily Of John Chrysostom
Conclusion
Appendix A. English Translation Of De Beato Abraham
Appendix B. Comparison Of De Beato Abraham To Chrysostomic Texts
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Demetrios Tonias’s Abraham in the Works of John Chrysostom is the first comprehensive examination of John Chrysostom’s view of the patriarch Abraham. By analyzing the full range of references to Abraham in Chrysostom’s work, Tonias reveals the ways in which Chrysostom used Abraham as a model of philosophical and Christian virtue, familial devotion, philanthropy, and obedient faith.