Neuplatonisches Gedankengut in den Homilien über die Seligpreisungen Gregors von Nyssa

This volume thoroughly analyses the Neoplatonic sources and background of Gregory of Nyssa's eight Homilies on the Beatitudes according to the most preeminent themes: human virtue, knowledge of God and Self, negative theology, God's sublimity, ἀπάθεια and ὁμοιώσις, the mutual relationship of the virtues, the Logos as physician, the essence of beauty, the contemplation of the universe, unification. The study complements the first commentary of the homilies published in Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae vol. 52 and provides a deep and rich mine of specialised knowledge in a field that is particularly important for the understanding of Gregory's thought.

Salvatore Lilla, Dr.phil. (1958) in Classics, Università di Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore, D.Phil (1962) in Theology, Oxford University, was scriptor of the Vatican Library, and is Professor at the Patristic Institute Augustinianum, Rome. He has edited catalogues of Greek manuscripts in the Vatican Library and published extensively on Platonic philosophy and its influence on early Christian literature.Hubertus R. Drobner, Dr.phil. (1980) in Classics, University of Mainz, Dr.theol. et sc. patr. (1984), Patristic Institute Augustinianum, Pontifical Lateran University, Rome, Dr.arch.chr. (1995) Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology, Rome, is Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Patristics at the Theologische Fakultät Paderborn. He has published several books and numerous articles, especially on Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine.