Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition, The

Contents

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Deification in the Graeco-Roman World
• 3 The Jewish Paradigm: From Ezekiel to the yored merkavah
• 4 The Earliest Christian Model: Participatory Union with Christ
• 5 The Alexandrian Tradition I: Christian Schools and Study-Circles
• 6 The Alexandrian Tradition II: The Imposition of Episcopal Control
• 7 The Cappadocian Approach: Divine Transcendence and the Ascent of the Soul
• 8 The Monastic Synthesis: The Achievement of Maximus the Confessor
• 9 Epilogue