Gregory of Nyssa's Engagement with Conceptual Metaphors: The Analogies of "Father," "Son," and "Begetting" in Against Eunomius
This essay explores what Gregory of Nyssa is doing when he claims in Against Eunomius that his use of the language of "father," "son" and "begetting" for the divine is supported by the "apprehension of ordinary people" and by the "judgement of nature.&quo...
| Published in: | Religion & theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
Religion & theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gregorius, Nyssenus 335-394, Contra Eunomium
/ Christian literature
/ Language
/ Metaphor
/ Father
/ Son
/ Generation
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| RelBib Classification: | FA Theology KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages |
| Further subjects: | B
conceptual metaphors
B divine Sonship of Christ B Eunomius B Gregory of Nyssa B development of Trinitarian doctrine |
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| Summary: | This essay explores what Gregory of Nyssa is doing when he claims in Against Eunomius that his use of the language of "father," "son" and "begetting" for the divine is supported by the "apprehension of ordinary people" and by the "judgement of nature." It uses conceptual metaphor theory in order to show that while Gregory recognised the role of ordinary human language in comprehending the divine, and so engaged with normal conceptual mappings from the domain of kinship, he also sought to transform those mappings in order to transform peoples' thought processes and thus how they conceptualised the divine. |
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| ISSN: | 1574-3012 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion & theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15743012-02601007 |