This paperback was originally published in hardback under isBN 90-04-11530-7 as Volume 46 in the series Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data Zachhuber, Johannes. Human nature in Gregory of Nyssa : philosophical background and theological significance / by Johannes Zachhuber. p. cm. -(supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, issN 0920-623X ; v. 46) Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)-University of oxford in Michaelmas, 1997 includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. isBN 9004115307 1. Gregory, of Nyssa, saint ca. 335-ca. 394-Contributions in Christian doctrine of man. 2. Man (Christian theology)-History of doctrines-early church, ca. 30-600. i. Title. ii. series. BT7001.2.727 1999 233'.5'092-dc21 99-049289 isBN 978 90 04 27418 1 (paperback) isBN 978 90 04 27432 7 (e-book)