Robert G T Edwards
Biographic Data
| ID | 1483394 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert G T Edwards |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert G T |
| FAMILY NAME | Edwards |
| SIGNATURE | EDWARDS R G T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Notre Dame |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8994-0861 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Interpreting the Oracles of the Lord. Commentary on Jesus’ Words in the Long Second Century
In the second century, across a diverse range of Christian literature, the words of Jesus were held in the highest authority, often alongside “the Scriptures” (the Old Testament), as they would continue to be beyond that time. So authoritative were the Lord’s oracles (logia) that during this time they even became the object of exēgēsis, similar to what is found in the earliest Gospel commentaries. This article examines the works of Papias of Hier…
Canon Lists of Church Fathers in Early Christianity
This article examines how the names of “church fathers” were compiled into lists from the end of the fourth century to the middle of the sixth century. Although not as common as biblical canon lists, these lists of church fathers attempt to vest ecclesiastical authority in the figures listed. Surveying Greek and Latin Christian literature, it finds that there are two overarching strategies for listing church fathers: (1) linking individual father…
Jesus’ Descent from the Cross in Ancient and Medieval Reception
This article traces out the receptions of the Gospel accounts of the removal of Jesus from the cross (which has been variously titled the “deposition of Christ” or the “descent from the cross”). This scene is narrated only very briefly in the four canonical Gospels and receives very little attention in the commentary tradition. However, it does receive attention in creative retellings of the Gospel narratives in antiquity and the middle ages; whe…
Knowledge Construction in Late Antiquity
Social Studies of the sciences have long analyzed and exposed the constructed nature of knowledge. Pioneering studies of knowledge production in laboratories (e.g., Latour/Woolgar 1979; Knorr-Cetina 1981) have identified factors that affect processes that lead to the generation of scientific data and their subsequent interpretation, such as money, training and curriculum, location and infrastructure, biography-based knowledge and talent, and chan…
Travelling Festivals in Late Antiquity: How Christmas Came to the Greek East
This article argues that the liturgical tradition of celebrating Christmas on 25 December travelled from the Latin West to the Greek East at the behest of Theodosius I upon his arrival in Constantinople in AD 380. From there it made its way to Cappadocia, Pontus and Syrian Antioch by means of travelling clerics who belonged to a pro-Nicene network. The essay also makes the larger methodological point that in late antiquity liturgical traditions d…
Chrysostom’s Devil: Demons, the Will, and Virtue in Patristic Soteriology
Divine Incomprehensibility and Human Faith in John Chrysostom
Although often considered a moralist, John Chrysostom frequently discusses the incomprehensibility of God. This paper both contextualizes his teaching on divine incomprehensibility within a pro-Nicene tradition and demonstrates what is particular to his own theology. It puts forward two major arguments. First, Chrysostom expands upon a pro-Nicene discourse of divine incomprehensibility - as also seen in Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus …
James Daniel Cook. Preaching and Popular Christianity: Reading the Sermons of John Chrysostom
"James Daniel Cook. Preaching and Popular Christianity: Reading the Sermons of John Chrysostom." Toronto Journal of Theology, 36(1), pp. 107–108
Proverbs 8, Christological Controversies, and the Pre-existence of the Son and Torah in the Third and Fourth Centuries
This article argues that the opening of Genesis Rabbah 1 can be read productively in conversation with Christian controversies which raged from the middle of the third century to the fourth century. In rabbinic literature, it is not until the Amoraic period, in Palestine, that Proverbs 8 began to be employed as a proof of Torah’s pre-existence. This is precisely the same time that Christians engaged in heated debate as to the pre-existence of the…
The Theological Gospel of Peter
The Gospel of Peter (GP), often claimed to be theologically unsophisticated, offers a theological reflection upon the saving work of the Lord in his resurrection. GP receives the synoptic tradition, which itself has no narration of the resurrection (but only narrations of ‘appearances’), and fills in this lacuna. The narration of the resurrection is patterned upon GP's narration of the crucifixion, thereby suggesting that the resurrection and the…
Self-Efficacy as a Predictor of Adult Adjustment to Sickle Cell Disease: One-Year Outcomes
OBJECTIVE: The present study prospectively investigated the role of self-efficacy in predicting disease symptomatology and health services utilization for adult patients with sickle cell disease. METHODS: These data are derived from a 12-month prospective cohort study of African American adults with sickle cell disease. Disease-specific perceptions of coping self-efficacy and indices of disease severity, health care utilization, and psychosocial …
Divine Incomprehensibility and Human Faith in John Chrysostom
Although often considered a moralist, John Chrysostom frequently discusses the incomprehensibility of God. This paper both contextualizes his teaching on divine incomprehensibility within a pro-Nicene tradition and demonstrates what is particular to his own theology. It puts forward two major arguments. First, Chrysostom expands upon a pro-Nicene discourse of divine incomprehensibility - as also seen in Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus …
Self-Efficacy as a Predictor of Adult Adjustment to Sickle Cell Disease: One-Year Outcomes
OBJECTIVE: The present study prospectively investigated the role of self-efficacy in predicting disease symptomatology and health services utilization for adult patients with sickle cell disease. METHODS: These data are derived from a 12-month prospective cohort study of African American adults with sickle cell disease. Disease-specific perceptions of coping self-efficacy and indices of disease severity, health care utilization, and psychosocial …
The Theological Gospel of Peter
The Gospel of Peter (GP), often claimed to be theologically unsophisticated, offers a theological reflection upon the saving work of the Lord in his resurrection. GP receives the synoptic tradition, which itself has no narration of the resurrection (but only narrations of ‘appearances’), and fills in this lacuna. The narration of the resurrection is patterned upon GP's narration of the crucifixion, thereby suggesting that the resurrection and the…
James Daniel Cook. Preaching and Popular Christianity: Reading the Sermons of John Chrysostom
"James Daniel Cook. Preaching and Popular Christianity: Reading the Sermons of John Chrysostom." Toronto Journal of Theology, 36(1), pp. 107–108
Proverbs 8, Christological Controversies, and the Pre-existence of the Son and Torah in the Third and Fourth Centuries
This article argues that the opening of Genesis Rabbah 1 can be read productively in conversation with Christian controversies which raged from the middle of the third century to the fourth century. In rabbinic literature, it is not until the Amoraic period, in Palestine, that Proverbs 8 began to be employed as a proof of Torah’s pre-existence. This is precisely the same time that Christians engaged in heated debate as to the pre-existence of the…
Chrysostom’s Devil: Demons, the Will, and Virtue in Patristic Soteriology
Divine Incomprehensibility and Human Faith in John Chrysostom
Although often considered a moralist, John Chrysostom frequently discusses the incomprehensibility of God. This paper both contextualizes his teaching on divine incomprehensibility within a pro-Nicene tradition and demonstrates what is particular to his own theology. It puts forward two major arguments. First, Chrysostom expands upon a pro-Nicene discourse of divine incomprehensibility - as also seen in Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus …
Jesus’ Descent from the Cross in Ancient and Medieval Reception
This article traces out the receptions of the Gospel accounts of the removal of Jesus from the cross (which has been variously titled the “deposition of Christ” or the “descent from the cross”). This scene is narrated only very briefly in the four canonical Gospels and receives very little attention in the commentary tradition. However, it does receive attention in creative retellings of the Gospel narratives in antiquity and the middle ages; whe…
Knowledge Construction in Late Antiquity
Social Studies of the sciences have long analyzed and exposed the constructed nature of knowledge. Pioneering studies of knowledge production in laboratories (e.g., Latour/Woolgar 1979; Knorr-Cetina 1981) have identified factors that affect processes that lead to the generation of scientific data and their subsequent interpretation, such as money, training and curriculum, location and infrastructure, biography-based knowledge and talent, and chan…
Travelling Festivals in Late Antiquity: How Christmas Came to the Greek East
This article argues that the liturgical tradition of celebrating Christmas on 25 December travelled from the Latin West to the Greek East at the behest of Theodosius I upon his arrival in Constantinople in AD 380. From there it made its way to Cappadocia, Pontus and Syrian Antioch by means of travelling clerics who belonged to a pro-Nicene network. The essay also makes the larger methodological point that in late antiquity liturgical traditions d…
Interpreting the Oracles of the Lord. Commentary on Jesus’ Words in the Long Second Century
In the second century, across a diverse range of Christian literature, the words of Jesus were held in the highest authority, often alongside “the Scriptures” (the Old Testament), as they would continue to be beyond that time. So authoritative were the Lord’s oracles (logia) that during this time they even became the object of exēgēsis, similar to what is found in the earliest Gospel commentaries. This article examines the works of Papias of Hier…
Canon Lists of Church Fathers in Early Christianity
This article examines how the names of “church fathers” were compiled into lists from the end of the fourth century to the middle of the sixth century. Although not as common as biblical canon lists, these lists of church fathers attempt to vest ecclesiastical authority in the figures listed. Surveying Greek and Latin Christian literature, it finds that there are two overarching strategies for listing church fathers: (1) linking individual father…
Art (7 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (6 works) · History (6 works) · Theology (6 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works)