God's acting, man's acting : tradition and philosophy in Philo of Alexandria /
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, b...
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Language: English
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Leiden : Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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Studies in Philo of Alexandria
4.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004222717.
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Call Number: B689.Z7 C26 2008
- Preliminary Material /
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- Chapter One. Plato And The Bible. Ontology And Theology In Philo /
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- Chapter Two. Simplicity And Absence Of Qualities In God /
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- Chapter Three. Unknowability Of God /
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- Appendix One. The Dazzling Light: A Metaphor On The Unknowability Of God /
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- Chapter Four. The Powers Of God. Seraphim, Cherubim And Powers In Philo Of Alexandria /
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- Chapter Five. Roles And Figures Of Mediation /
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- Chapter Six. The Snake And The Horseman Pleasure And Sophrosyne In Philo Of Alexandria /
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- Chapter Seven. Happiness And Contemplation. The Contemplative Life /
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- Conclusion /
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- Appendix Two. Philo Of Alexandria And Ecphantus' Peri Basileias /
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- Appendix Three. Galen And Moses /
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- Bibliography /
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- Index Of Ancient Authors And Texts /
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- Index Of Modern Authors /
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