Tree of Life Introduction Theria Ephrem Syrus the

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Tree of Life

Tree of Life

Introduction • Theōria • Ephrem Syrus (the Syrian), 4 th century; see Sebastian Brock,

Introduction • Theōria • Ephrem Syrus (the Syrian), 4 th century; see Sebastian Brock, The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World of St. Ephrem (1985; republished Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications, 1992) • Gregory of Nazianus and Gregory of Nyssa, fourth century – the Cappadocians • Wesleyan Quadrilateral

Cross as Tree • Irenaeus, Against Heresies • xylon • Genesis 40. 19, Joshua

Cross as Tree • Irenaeus, Against Heresies • xylon • Genesis 40. 19, Joshua 8. 29, 10. 26, etc. Acts 3. 31, 10. 39, I Peter 2. 24. • Deuteronomy 21. 22 -3, 27. 26. • Gal. 3. 13. • Justin, Dialogue with Trypho 86, Tertullian, Against the Jews 10.

Two Trees • Genesis 3. 22 -4 • Genesis 2. 16 -17, 3. 2

Two Trees • Genesis 3. 22 -4 • Genesis 2. 16 -17, 3. 2 -3, 2. 9. • Peter Thacker Lanfer, Remembering Eden. The Reception history of Genesis 3: 22 -24 (OUP 2012) • Tryggve N. D. Messinger, the Eden Narrative. A Literary and Religio-Historical Study of Genesis 2 -3 (Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns 2007)

 • Epic of Gilgamesh • Myth of Adapa • Theodoret, Questions on Genesis,

• Epic of Gilgamesh • Myth of Adapa • Theodoret, Questions on Genesis, 5 th century • Ephrem Syrus, Hymns on Paradise; ET Sebastian Brock, published by St Vladimir’s Seminary

References • • Proverbs 3. 18, 11. 20, 15. 4, 13. 12. Psalm 1

References • • Proverbs 3. 18, 11. 20, 15. 4, 13. 12. Psalm 1 & Matthew 7. 17 -20 Psalms of Solomon 14. 3 -4 Letter of Aristeas Aramaic Targum Neofiti I Enoch 10. 18 -22 IV Ezra 7. 123 & 8. 52 Revelation 2. 7 & 22. 1 -2

 • Irenaeus, Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching • Hippolytus, Paschal Homily

• Irenaeus, Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching • Hippolytus, Paschal Homily

The Tree in the Middle Ages • The Tree. Symbol, Allegory and Mnemonic Device

The Tree in the Middle Ages • The Tree. Symbol, Allegory and Mnemonic Device in Medieval Art and Thought, edited by Pippa Salonius and Andrea Worm (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols 2014) • Annamieke R. Verboon, ‘The Medieval Tree of Porphyry, an Organic Structure of logic. ’ • Marie-Pierre Gelin, ‘Stirps Jesse in capite ecclesiae: Iconographic and Liturgical Readings of the Tree of Jesse in Stained Glass Windows. ’

 • Bonaventure, Lignum Vitae, ET in Classics of Western Civilisation series. • Pippa

• Bonaventure, Lignum Vitae, ET in Classics of Western Civilisation series. • Pippa Salonius, ‘Arbor Jesse – Lignum Vitae: The Tree of Jesse, the Tree of Life, and the Mendicants in Late Medieval Orvieto. ’ • Ulrike Ilg, Quasi Lignum Vitae: The Tree of Life as an Image of Mendicant Identity. ’