{"product_id":"exegesis-and-spiritual-pedagogy-in-maximus-the-confessor-an-investigation-of-the-quaestiones-ad-thalassium-paperback","title":"Exegesis and Spiritual Pedagogy in Maximus the Confessor: An Investigation of the Quaestiones Ad Thalassium - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul M. Blowers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaximus the Confessor (580-662) is recognized by historians of Christian thought for his contributions to philosophical theology in the Eastern Christian tradition. His second largest work, the \u003ci\u003eQuaestiones ad Thalassium\u003c\/i\u003e, is a collection of his responses to a wide variety of questions on problematic or obscure scriptural texts that his friend the Libyan monk Thalassius had posed to him. Earlier studies of Maximus's theology have used and cited the \u003ci\u003eQuaestiones ad Thalassium\u003c\/i\u003e as a source, but this book is the first specialized study of this comprehensive work in its own right. Paul M. Blowers examines Maximus's role as an expositor of scripture and spiritual father in the Byzantine monastic tradition, illuminating the relationship between Maximus the philosopher-theologian and Maximus the monastic pedagogue. The first two chapters break new ground in exploring the genre, history, and monastic context of the \u003ci\u003eQuaestiones ad Thalassium\u003c\/i\u003e. The book then outlines Maximus's hermeneutical theology and exegetical methodology as shaped within his larger system of thought. Translated excerpts from the \u003ci\u003eQuaestiones ad Thalassium\u003c\/i\u003e are interwoven into this study to give the reader greater access to Maximus's own discourses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul M. Blowers is Dean E. Walker Professor of Church History at Emmanuel Christian Seminary in Tennessee. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Bible in Greek Christian Antiquity \u003c\/i\u003e(University of Notre Dame Press, 1997) and \u003ci\u003eDrama of the Divine Economy: Creator and Creation in Early Christian Theology and Piety\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 31, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467867472125,"sku":"9780268048846","price":61.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/dTBWejFhS28xazFDVDlVcnA2RHVFUT09.webp?v=1777281241","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/exegesis-and-spiritual-pedagogy-in-maximus-the-confessor-an-investigation-of-the-quaestiones-ad-thalassium-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}