Scripture and Metaphysics: Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology

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Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 Setting the Scene: Theological Ends. Chapter 1 Sacra Doctrina: Wisdom, Scripture, and Metaphysics. 1 Wisdom. 2 Theologizing as a Wisdom--Exercise. 3 Isaiah and St. John the Evangelist as Contemplatives. Chapter 2 YHWH and Being. 1 R.Kendall Soulen's Post--Supersessionist Trinitarian Theology. 2 Aquinas on Being and YHWH. Chapter 3 Scripture and Metaphysics in the Theology of God's Knowledge and Will. 1 Jon D. Levenson on the God of Israel. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas on the Knowledge and Will of God in His Unity. Chapter 4 The Paschal Mystery and Speculative Theology of the Trinity. 1 N. T. Wright and Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the Identity of God. 2 Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Cross as Analogue for the Trinity. 3 The Paschal Mystery as Revelatory of the Trinity in Aquinas. Chapter 5 Scripture and the Psychological Analogy for the Trinity. 1 Aquinas and the Psychological Analogy. Chapter 6 Biblical Exegesis and Speculative Naming of the Divine Persons. 1 The Person of the Father: Witherington & Ice and Aquinas. 2 The Person of the Son. 3 The Person of the Holy Spirit. Chapter 7 Essence, Persons, and the Question of Trinitarian Metaphysics. 1 Trinitarian Ontology in Clarke, Zizioulas, and Hutter. 2 Trinitarian Ontology and Aquinas's Approach. Conclusion. Index