TH E BI BL E A N D E A R LY TR I N I TA R I A N TH EOLO GY C UA S T U D I E S I N E A R LY C H R I S T I A N I T Y Gen er al Edi tor Philip Rousseau, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor Edi tor i al Boar d Katherine L. Jansen, Department of History William E. Klingshirn, Department of Greek and Latin Trevor C. Lipscombe, Te Catholic University of America Press Frank J. Matera, School of Teology and Religious Studies Timothy Noone, School of Philosophy Sidney H. Grifth, Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures I n t er nat ional Edi tor i al Boar d Pauline Allen, Australian Catholic University Lewis Ayres, Durham University Daniel Boyarin, University of California, Berkeley Gillian Clark, University of Bristol Angelo di Berardino, OSA, Istituto Patristico Augustinanium, Rome Hubertus R. Drobner, Teologische Facultät, Paderborn David W. Johnson, SJ, Jesuit School of Teology, Berkeley Judith Lieu, University of Cambridge Éric Rebillard, Cornell University John M. Rist, University of Toronto Linda Safran, University of Toronto Susan T. Stevens, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College Rita Lizzi Testa, Università degli Studi di Perugia Michael A. Williams, University of Washington, Seattle THE BIBLE AND EARLY TRINITARIAN THEOLOGY Edit ed by Christopher A. Beeley and Mark E. Weedman £ Te Catholic University of America Press Washington, D.C. Copyright © 2018 Te Catholic University of America Press All rights reserved Te Catholic University of America Press is the publishing division of Te Catholic University of America, the national university of the Catholic bishops in the United States. Te paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standards for Information Science—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984. ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Beeley, Christopher A., editor. Title: Te Bible and early Trinitarian theology / edited by Christopher A. Beeley and Mark E. Weedman. Description: Washington, D.C. : Te Catholic University of America Press, 2018. | Series: CUA studies in early Christianity | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifers: LCCN 2017033722 | ISBN 9780813229959 (cloth : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Trinity—History of doctrines—Early church, ca. 30–600. | Trinity—Biblical teaching. Classifcation: LCC BT109 .B53 2018 | DDC 231/.04409015—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017033722 Contents C O N T E N T S List of Abbreviations vii Introduction: Te Study of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation 1 Christopher A. Beeley and Mark E. Weedman Part 1. T r i n i tar i an T h eo l o gy i n t h e O ld an d N ew T esta m en ts 1. S cholarship on the Old Testament Roots of Trinitarian Teology: Blind Spots and Blurred Vision 29 Bogdan G. Bucur 2. O bservations on the “Monotheism” Afrmed in the New Testament 50 Larry W. Hurtado Part 2 . J o h n an d t h e T r i n i t y 3. Trinitarian Teology and the Fourth Gospel 71 Harold W. Attridge 4. T e Johannine Riddles and Teir Place in the Development of Trinitarian Teology 84 Paul N. Anderson 5. T e Gospel of John and Early Trinitarian Tought: Te Unity of God in John, Irenaeus, and Tertullian 109 Marianne Meye Tompson vi Contents 6. Te Johannine Prologue before Origen 118 Mark J. Edwards 7. B asil of Caesarea on John 1:1 as an Afrmation of Pro-Nicene Trinitarian Doctrine 132 Mark DelCogliano Part 3 . Paul an d t h e T r i n i t y 8. Paul and the Trinity 151 Stephen E. Fowl 9. Paul and His Legacy to Trinitarian Teology 162 Adela Yarbro Collins 10. T e Image and Unity of God: Te Role of Colossians 1 in Teological Controversy 172 Jennifer R. Strawbridge 11. T e Spirit and the Letter: 2 Corinthians 3:6 and the Legacy of Origen in Fourth-Century Greek Exegesis 191 Christopher A. Beeley 12. A ugustine’s Move from a Johannine to a Pauline Trinitarian Teology 224 Mark E. Weedman Bibliography 235 Contributors 265 General Index 269 Index of Biblical Citations 277 List of Abbreviations A B B R E V I AT I O N S ACW Ancient Christian Writers ANF Ante-Nicene Fathers CCL Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina CCSG Corpus Christianorum, Series Graeca CCSL Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina CPG Clavis patrum graecorum CSEL Corpus Scriptorium Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum FC Fathers of the Church GCS D ie Griechischen Christlichen Schrifsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte LCL Loeb Classical Library LF Library of the Fathers NPNF Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers PG Patrologia Cursus Completus, Series Graeca PL Patrologia Cursus Completus, Patrologia Latina PPS Popular Patristics Series PS Patrologia Syriaca SC Sources Chrétiennes TLG Tesaurus Linguae Graecae vii TH E BI BL E A N D E A R LY TR I N I TA R I A N TH EOLO GY