The Human Condition in Hilary of Poitiers

Isabella Image studied Classics at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. After time working as a civil servant she completed her doctorate at Harris Manchester, Oxford.

• 1: Introduction Hilary of Poitiers: Life and Afterlife Hilary's Context: Between Origen and Augustine Modern Scholarship on Hilary's Theological Anthropology Methodology: Comparing Hilary's Commentaries Research Questions 2: Hilary's Commentary on Psalm 118 Introduction Jerome on Hilary's Psalm Commentaries Textual Witnesses to Origen on Psalm 118 Case Study: Ps. 118.17-24 (strophe 'gimel') Analysis: Hilary's Translation Technique Adaptation of Theology Conclusion 3: Body and Soul Introduction Literature Review Body and Soul in the Psalms Commentaries Body and Soul in Commentary on Matthew Hilary's Influences Discussion 4: The Human as Imago Dei Introduction Current Scholarship IImago as Expression of our Creation and Progression Hilary Adopting Origen? Imago Theology in the Psalms Commentaries Hilary Rejecting Origen? The Lost Image Conclusion 5: The Fall Introduction The Fall Narrative First Cause of the Fall Some Effects of the Fall Conclusion 6: Constraint (1): Voluntas Introduction Hilary's Articulations of the Will Voluntas before Augustine Discussion Conclusion 7: Constraint (2): Thought and Passions Introduction Passions and Emotions Hilary and Stoic Ideas of Mental Processes Cogitationes A Difference from Stoic Thought: apatheia Discussion 8: Original Sin Introduction The Sinful State: Creation or Fall? The 'Sins of our Origin' Transmission by Birth Baptism Conclusion 9: Hilary Between Origen and Augustine Introduction Hilary's Anthropology Hilary's Usage of Origen Augustine's Usage of Hilary Closing Remarks Appendix I: The 'Anthropological Household' (Hilary, InMt 10.23-24) Appendix II: Third strophe of Ps118 (gimel: v17-24) Comparison of Commentaries of Origen, Hilary and Ambrose Bibliography

Isabella Image's book is well written and certainly worth spending time on. The author manages to present the relatively many aspects of the book's theme in a clear and coherent way...the description of the relation between Hilary's and Augustine's anthropology is, however, enlightening. Thus, Image's book also is an important contribution to the larger picture of the development of early Christian anthropology...Image's book is hereby recommended to all who want to know more about important positions in early Christian theological anthropology.