The Bible and Early Trinitarian Theology

294 Pages·2017·1.41 MB·English

by  Christopher A. Beeley (Editor)

THE BIBLE AND
EARLY TRINITARIAN
THEOLOGY
CUA STUDIES IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY
General Editor
Philip Rousseau, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor
Editorial Board
Katherine L. Jansen, Department of History
William E. Klingshirn, Department of Greek and Latin
Trevor C. Lipscombe, The Catholic University of America Press
Frank J. Matera, School of Theology and Religious Studies
Timothy Noone, School of Philosophy
Sidney H. Griffith, Department of Semitic and
Egyptian Languages and Literatures
International Editorial Board
Pauline Allen, Australian Catholic University
Lewis Ayres, Durham University
Daniel Boyarin, University of California, Berkeley
Gillian Clark, University of Bristol
Angelo di Berardino, OSA, Istituto Patristico Augustinanium, Rome
Hubertus R. Drobner, Theologische Facultät, Paderborn
David W. Johnson, SJ, Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley
Judith Lieu, University of Cambridge
Éric Rebillard, Cornell University
John M. Rist, University of Toronto
Linda Safran, University of Toronto
Susan T. Stevens, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
Rita Lizzi Testa, Università degli Studi di Perugia
Michael A. Williams, University of Washington, Seattle
THE BIBLE AND
EARLY TRINITARIAN
THEOLOGY
Edited by
Christopher A. Beeley and Mark E. Weedman
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Beeley, Christopher A., editor.
Title: The Bible and early Trinitarian theology /
edited by Christopher A. Beeley and Mark E. Weedman.
Description: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of
America Press, 2018. | Series: CUA studies in early Christianity |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017033722 | ISBN 9780813229959
(cloth : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Trinity—History of doctrines—Early church,
ca. 30–600. | Trinity—Biblical teaching.
Classification: LCC BT109 .B53 2018 | DDC 231/.04409015—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017033722
Contents
CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations vii
Introduction: The Study of Early Christian
Biblical Interpretation 1
Christopher A. Beeley and Mark E. Weedman
Part 1. Trinitarian Theology in
the Old and New Testaments
1. S cholarship on the Old Testament Roots of Trinitarian
Theology: Blind Spots and Blurred Vision 29
Bogdan G. Bucur
2. O bservations on the “Monotheism” Affirmed in the
New Testament 50
Larry W. Hurtado
Part 2. John and the Trinity
3. Trinitarian Theology and the Fourth Gospel 71
Harold W. Attridge
4. Th e Johannine Riddles and Their Place in the Development
of Trinitarian Theology 84
Paul N. Anderson
5. Th e Gospel of John and Early Trinitarian Thought:
The Unity of God in John, Irenaeus, and Tertullian 109
Marianne Meye Thompson
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6. The Johannine Prologue before Origen 118
Mark J. Edwards
7. B asil of Caesarea on John 1:1 as an Affirmation of
Pro-Nicene Trinitarian Doctrine 132
Mark DelCogliano
Part 3. Paul and the Trinity
8. Paul and the Trinity 151
Stephen E. Fowl
9. Paul and His Legacy to Trinitarian Theology 162
Adela Yarbro Collins
10. Th e Image and Unity of God: The Role of Colossians 1
in Theological Controversy 172
Jennifer R. Strawbridge
11. Th e Spirit and the Letter: 2 Corinthians 3:6 and the
Legacy of Origen in Fourth-Century Greek Exegesis 191
Christopher A. Beeley
12. A ugustine’s Move from a Johannine to a Pauline
Trinitarian Theology 224
Mark E. Weedman
Bibliography 235
Contributors 265
General Index 269
Index of Biblical Citations 277
List of Abbreviations
ABBREVIATIONS
ACW Ancient Christian Writers
ANF Ante-Nicene Fathers
CCL Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina
CCSG Corpus Christianorum, Series Graeca
CCSL Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina
CPG Clavis patrum graecorum
CSEL Corpus Scriptorium Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum
FC Fathers of the Church
GCS Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten
Jahrhunderte
LCL Loeb Classical Library
LF Library of the Fathers
NPNF Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
PG Patrologia Cursus Completus, Series Graeca
PL Patrologia Cursus Completus, Patrologia Latina
PPS Popular Patristics Series
PS Patrologia Syriaca
SC Sources Chrétiennes
TLG Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
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EARLY TRINITARIAN
THEOLOGY