Transmitting Theodore to the Church of the East: The Contribution of Thomas of Edessa

Transmitting Theodore to the Church of the East: The Contribution of Thomas of EdessaJournal of Ecclesiastical HistorySyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/9H6W236G/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.UtePossekelTransmitting Theodore to the Church of the East: The Contribution of Thomas of Edessahttp://syriaca.org/cbss/9H6W236Ghttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/9H6W236Ghttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/9H6W236GJournal of Ecclesiastical History71:42020712-737Thomas of Edessa (d. c. 540), author of <i>Explanations of the Nativity and of Epiphany</i>, flourished as a teacher at the School of Nisibis in Sasanid Persia. By analysing his understanding of salvation history, exegesis and the idea of the human being as ‘bond of creation’, this article shows how Thomas took up and popularised concepts central to the theology of Theodore of Mopsuestia. The article posits that the Nisibene school theology of Thomas and others constituted – alongside liturgy, canonical decrees and biblical commentaries – one of the principal avenues by which Theodore's theology was transmitted to the Church of the East. Possekel, Ute. “Transmitting Theodore to the Church of the East: The Contribution of Thomas of Edessa.” Journal of Ecclesiastical History 71:4 (2020): 712–37. Ute Possekel, Transmitting Theodore to the Church of the East: The Contribution of Thomas of Edessa, Journal of Ecclesiastical History 71:4 (2020): 712–37.IV-VII CENestoriansNew TestamentProvidenceTheodore of MopsuestiaThomas of EdessaVI CEanthropologyexegesis