Irenaeus

vi Contents

8. The Man Who Needed No Introduction: A Response to Sebastian Moll 95
   Charles E. Hill


9. Irenaeus and the Noncanonical Gospels 105
   Paul Foster


10. Irenaeus, the Scribes, and the Scriptures: 119
    Papyrological and Theological Observations from P.Oxy. 405
    Charles E. Hill

Part Three. Legacy: Irenaeus and His Theological Traditions

11. The Heart of Irenaeus’s Theology 133
    Michael Slusser


12. Irenaeus and the Knowledge of God as Father: Text and Context 141
    Peter Widdicombe


13. “The Rule of Truth... which He Received through Baptism” (Hae r. I.9.4): 151
    Catechesis, Ritual, and Exegesis in Irenaeus’s Gaul
    Alistair Stewart


14. Irenaeus, Women, and Tradition 159
    Sara Parvis


15. Irenaeus and the Exegetical Roots of Trinitarian Theology 165
    Stephen O. Presley


16. The Image of God in Irenaeus, Marcellus, and Eustathius 173
    Sophie Cartwright


17. Packaging Irenaeus: Adversus haereses and Its Editors 183
    Paul Parvis


18. Tracing the Irenaean Legacy 199
    Irenaeus M. C. Steenberg

Abbreviations 212
Notes 214
Bibliography 255
Index 269