Gregory of Nyssa

On the Human Image of God

John Behr (, UNITED KINGDOM)

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English

Oxford University Press
27 July 2023

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; The Early Church; Church history; Christian theology

Series: Oxford Early Christian Texts

This book presents the first modern critical edition of the work of Gregory of Nyssa, On the Human Image of God (formerly known as On the Making of Man, De hominis opificio) and the first English translation since the nineteenth century. This treatise is one of the most important of Gregory's texts. Paralleling the structure of Plato's Timaeus, Gregory's work begins by offering two analyses of the human being. The first presents the human being as the culmination of the ascent made by nature through the various levels of life, and as made, body and soul, in the image of God. The second considers why this is not immediately apparent, the need for time to be able to grow, individually and collectively, to this status, as the body of Christ, the image of God, and the role of sexuality within this growth. The third part of the work brings both analyses together, to see the same movement in the life-span of each person. The extensive introduction provided in this volume examines the philosophical and theological background of Gregory's text, beginning with Anaxagoras, Plato (the Timaeus), Philo, and Origen, and also compares aspects of Gregory's work with that of Irenaeus of Lyons and Maximos the Confessor.

Edited by: John Behr ( UNITED KINGDOM)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780192843975
ISBN 10: 0192843974
Series: Oxford Early Christian Texts
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 27 July 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Behr is the Regius Professor of Humanity at the University of Aberdeen, having previously taught at St Vladimir's Seminary, where he served as Dean for a decade. He is also a part-time Professor at Radboud University, the Netherlands. He has published numerous monographs with OUP, most recently an edition and translation of Origen's On First Principles, together with an extensive introduction (2017), and a study of the Gospel of John, John the Theologian and his Paschal Gospel, (2019); he has also published various works aimed for a more general audience, such as his more poetic and meditative work entitled Becoming Human: Theological Anthropology in Word and Image (SVS Press).