This is an excellent collection of sixteen essays on Gregory Nazianzen. Recent years have seen something of a growth of interest in Nazianzen, as indicated by the appearance of books by Beeley himself and now Andrew Hofer op. The volume as a whole is offered as a tribute to Fred Norris, who taught for many years at the Emmanuel School of Religion. This wide-ranging tribute to Fred will be welcomed by all who have benefited from his knowledge, his encouragement and simply from his always welcoming conversation. The collection is introduced by a wonderful essay by Brian Daley sj, exploring Gregory's poemata arcana, texts that have not received much detailed consideration in existing treatments of Gregory's theology. Indeed, that essay sets the tone for a number of pieces in the book that do not turn yet again to well-travelled paths through his corpus, but provide new perspectives in his thought, his cultural context and his relationships. William Tabbernee's consideration of Gregory's knowledge of Montanism and the effect that knowledge may have had on his pneumatological rhetoric is a gem. Hofer's essay on what he calls Gregory's ‘autobiographical’ Christology may be placed with profit alongside Suzanne Rebillard's examination of one pericope in Gregory's poemata de ipso; together these two nicely illustrate the complexity of Gregory's rhetoric and the importance of attending to it if we are to engage his thought. Much to be welcomed also are the essays by Paul Blowers, Andrea Sterk, Susanna Elm and Andrew Louth on Gregory's legacy in the later Greek Christian world. And this is to give only a taster of what the reader will find on the volume's menu.
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