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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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| Colección: | Studies in Philo of Alexandria ;
v. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.