Title: Gregory of Nyssa's Tabernacle Imagery in Its Jewish and Christian Contexts
Description: This volume identifies Gregory's biblical sources as well as the influences of both his Alexandrian predecessors (Philo, Clement, and Origen) and his fourth-century context, before comparing the life to other heavenly-ascent texts.
Subjects: Gregory, of nyssa, saint, approximately 335-approximately 394, Judaism, relations, christianity, Christianity and other religions, Theology, Tabernacle, Comparative studies, Judaism, Christianity, Relations, Allegorische Exegese, Heiligtum