Gregory of Nyssa : Homilies on the Beatitudes

These proceedings present the first English translation of Gregory's Homilies on the Beatitudes, accompanied by a thorough commentary, eight contributions on further general and particular topics of them, and ten studies reflecting the present overall state of Gregorian research.

Hubertus R. Drobner, Ph.D. (1980) in Classical Studies, University of Mainz, Germany, S.T.D. (1984), Patristic Institute, Rome, Ph.D. (1995), Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology, Rome, is Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Patristics at the Theologische Fakultat Paderborn, Germany. His main fields of research are Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine. Publications include Gregor von Nyssa, Die drei Tage zwischen Tod und Auferstehung unseres Herrn Jesus Christus (Brill, 1982), Person-Exegese und Christologie bei Augustinus (Brill, 1986), and Studien zu Gregor von Nyssa und der christlichen Spatantike (Brill, 1990).Albert Viciano, S.T.D. (1984), Universidad de Navarra, Spain, Ph.D. (1993) in Classical Studies, Universidad de Navarra, Spain, Habilitation (1999), Theologische Fakultat Paderborn, Germany, is Professor of Theology at the Catholic University of Murcia, Spain. His main fields of studies are the theology and exegesis of the Fathers.