Gregory of Nyssa: Homilies on the Beatitudes
An English Version with Commentary and Supporting Studies. Proceedings of the Eighth International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa (Paderborn, 14-18 September 1998)
Biographical note
Hubertus R. Drobner, Ph.D. (1980) in Classical Studies, University of Mainz, Germany, S.T.D. (1984), Patristic Institute, Rome, Ph.D. (1995), Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology, Rome, is Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Patristics at the Theologische Fakultät Paderborn, Germany. His main fields of research are Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine. Publications include Gregor von Nyssa, Die drei Tage zwischen Tod und Auferstehung unseres Herrn Jesus Christus (Brill, 1982), Person-Exegese und Christologie bei Augustinus (Brill, 1986), and Studien zu Gregor von Nyssa und der christlichen Spätantike (Brill, 1990).
Albert Viciano, S.T.D. (1984), Universidad de Navarra, Spain, Ph.D. (1993) in Classical Studies, Universidad de Navarra, Spain, Habilitation (1999), Theologische Fakultät Paderborn, Germany, is Professor of Theology at the Catholic University of Murcia, Spain. His main fields of studies are the theology and exegesis of the Fathers.
Albert Viciano, S.T.D. (1984), Universidad de Navarra, Spain, Ph.D. (1993) in Classical Studies, Universidad de Navarra, Spain, Habilitation (1999), Theologische Fakultät Paderborn, Germany, is Professor of Theology at the Catholic University of Murcia, Spain. His main fields of studies are the theology and exegesis of the Fathers.
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