| Description |
xii, 572 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Pittsburgh theological monograph series ; 15 |
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Pittsburgh theological monograph series ; 15
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| Contents |
Lecture -- Appendices and elucidation -- 1. Approach to the material, and its definition -- 2. Oriental and Hellenistic cult -- 3. Mystai, divine warriors, and divine captives -- 4. The religious impact of Persian rule -- 5. The report of Apuleius -- 6. The Hellenistic concept of pistis -- 7. Philosopher and prophet -- 8. Mystery and primitive religion -- 9. The internalizing of the mysteries -- 10. Love-union with God -- 11. Election, call, justification, glorification -- 12. Designations for transformation -- 13. Virtues and vices as members -- 14. The new Manichaean fragments -- 15. The concepts of Gnosis and Ppneuma -- 16. Paul as a pneumatic -- 17. The technical language of the gnostics -- 18. The dual awareness in romanticism -- 19. The meaning of the self -- 20. On the developmental history of Paul |
| Analysis |
Greece - Religion |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Mysteries, Religious.
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Religions.
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| SUBJECT |
Greece -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057127
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| Author |
Steely, John E.
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| LC no. |
77012980 |
| ISBN |
0915138204 |
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