Abraham In The Works Of John Chrysostom (Emerging Scholars)

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.

• • Author: Demetrios E. Tonias
• • Publisher: Fortress Press
• • Publication Date: Mar 01, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 226 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1451473052
• • ISBN-13: 9781451473056