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1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in Philo of Alexandria ; v. 4 |
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Studies in Philo of Alexandria ; v. 4.
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| Contents |
Abbreviations; Introduction; PART ONE THE NATURE OF GOD; Chapter One Plato and the Bible. Ontology and Theology in Philo; Chapter Two Simplicity and Absence of Qualities in God; Chapter Three Unknowability of God; Appendix One The dazzling Light: a Metaphor on the Unknowability of God; PART TWO THE MEDIATION ACTIVITY; Chapter Four The Powers of God. Seraphim, Cherubim and Powers in Philo of Alexandria; Chapter Five Roles and Figures of Mediation; Chapter Six The Snake and the Horseman -- Pleasure and Sophrosyne in Philo of Alexandria; PART THREE GOD AS A MODEL |
| Summary |
The topic tackled in this book is Philo's account of the complex, double-sided nature of God's acting - the two-sided coin of God as transcendent yet immanent, unknowable yet revealed, immobile yet creating - and also the two sides of acting in humans - who, in an attempt to imitate God, both contemplate and produce. In both contexts, divine and human, Philo considers that it would not be proper to give precedence to either side - the result would be barren. God's acting and man's acting are at the same time both speculative and practical, and it is precisely out of this co-presence that the o |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Philo, of Alexandria
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Philo, of Alexandria fast |
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Philo Alexandrinus v25-40 gnd |
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Philo Judäus -- Gottesbegriff. idsbb |
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Philo Alexandrinus. idszbz |
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Philo Alexandrinus. swd |
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PHILOSOPHY -- Eastern.
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Philosophie
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Gottesvorstellung.
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Hellenismus.
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Judentum.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007043549 |
| ISBN |
9789047431602 |
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904743160X |
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1281939889 |
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9781281939883 |
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9786611939885 |
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6611939881 |
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