Eric Francis Osborn (1922–2007)
Autore di Irenaeus of Lyons
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Eric Francis Osborn
Opere di Eric Francis Osborn
The Bible, the word in the world 4 copie
The Bible: The Word in the World 1 copia
Opere correlate
Logos: Festschrift für Luise Abramowski (Logos: Commemoration for Luise Abramowski) (1993) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Osborn, Eric Francis
- Nome legale
- Osborn, Eric Francis
- Data di nascita
- 1922-12-09
- Data di morte
- 2007-05
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Australien
- Luogo di nascita
- Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australien
- Luogo di residenza
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australien
- Attività lavorative
- Professor of New Testament and Early Church History
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 13
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 169
- Popolarità
- #126,057
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 30
- Lingue
- 2
Osborn directs our attention also to the fact that Tertullian did not reject philosophy or "Greek rationalism in favor of unreasoning faith," as his famous quote – "What has Athens to do with Jerusalem" (p.28) – might seem to suggest. Rather Tertullian always provided and demanded a reasonable explanation for one's beliefs and valued Christianity as the "better philosophy" (p.33).
In the first 4 chapters, Osborn covers Tertullian's methodology and in the remaining 7 chapters, he discusses Tertullians defense of Christianity in light of his methodology, especially paradox. In the last chapter, he offers a concluding observation.
This book is a need fun read for those reading Tertullian's works to better grasp his ideas and meaning.… (altro)