
The Incarnation
Timothy J. Pawl(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 22. October 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-108-45752-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Doctrine of the Incarnation, that Jesus Christ was both truly God and truly human, is the foundation and cornerstone of traditional Christian theism. And yet, this traditional teaching appears to verge on incoherence. How can one person be both God, having all the perfections of divinity, and human, having all the limitations of humanity? This is the fundamental philosophical problem of the incarnation. Perhaps a solution is found in an analysis of what the traditional teaching meant by person, divinity, and humanity, or in understanding how divinity and humanity were united in a single person? This Element presents that traditional teaching, then returns to the incoherence problem to showcase various solutions that have been offered to it.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
146 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-45752-1 (9781108457521)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Timothy J. Pawl
The Incarnation
E-Book
10/2020
Cambridge University Press
€15.49
Available for download

Person
Content
1. Introduction; 2. The person; 3. The divinity of Christ; 4. The humanity of Christ; 5. The hypostatic union; 7. The fundamental philosophical problem; 8. Conclusion.