The Birth Of The Trinity by Matthew W. Bates
Jesus, God, and Spirit in New Testament and Early Christian Interpretations of the Old Testament
A scholarly investigation into how early Christian belief in the triune God emerged from a distinctive way of reading Israel’s Scriptures—prosopological exegesis—that identifies dialoguing divine speakers within biblical texts. Following this interpretive practice from the New Testament through figures like Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, and Tertullian, it shows how assigning voices in the Psalms and Prophets to the Father, Son, and Spirit shaped claims about Christ’s preexistence, divinity, and relational identity. Drawing on Greco-Roman rhetorical theory and Jewish traditions, it argues that doctrinal development arose primarily from scriptural interpretation rather than abstract philosophy, illustrated through detailed case studies that reveal the hermeneutical moves behind classical trinitarian theology.
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- 2015
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- American
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- 240-280 pages
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- English
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