Ilaria ramelli biography of abraham
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A Larger Hope?, Volume 1: Universal Salvation from Christian Beginnings to Julian of Norwich
Given her thesis that universal restoration was not a limited phenomenon, but in fact widely held in the early church, Ramelli begins with an exploration of the various scripture texts used by the proponents of universal restoration. She then begins her patristic exploration with Ignatius of Antioch (1st century A.D.), mentions Justin Martyr and Tatian, and then discusses Theophilus of Antioch and Melito of Sardis, all 2nd century A.D.. She rounds out her discussion of early, pre-Origen patristics with discussions of Bardaisan of Ede
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I’ve been in the process of creating a lexicographical entry for the use of the adjective αἰώνιος (aiōnios) in ancient and koine Greek — probably to appear with a journal article on αἰώνιος in the context of eschatological punishment in late Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament that I’m preparing for submission. My entry is intended as an update to those in standard Greek lexicons like LSJ, DGE and BDAG, having come up with some more precise categorization for the use of the word that better accounts for its varied usage.
As it currently stands, I have the main body of the lexicographical entry itself, and then something like extended commentary on specific uses of the term below it. What follows is a vastly expanded version of one section of the commentary, which covers quite a bit of ground in response to recent work and proposals by Ilaria Ramelli and David Bentley Hart. If anyone wants to see a draft version of part of what I have for the main section of the entry on αἰώνιος itself, it can be found here.
The starting point of this part of the extended commentary was 4 Maccabees I explain the particular significance of this verse (esp. for Ramelli’s hypothesis) in more detail below; but I didn’t actually quote the full verse anywhere. So here’s the Greek te
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