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Seeing the God : Ways of Envisioning the Divine in Ancient Mediterranean Religion / ed. by Jeffrey B. Pettis.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious ThoughtPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781611432510
  • 9781463234881
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  • 200
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- SEEING THE GOD IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD -- VISIONS AND VIOLENCE: SEEING GOD IN THE NAG HAMMADI CODICES1 -- SEEING THE DIVINE IN PLATONISM; PLATO AND PLOTINUS -- SEEING THE GOD AND EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE -- TO SEE GOD AND LIVE IN LATE ANTIQUE JUDAISM -- SEEING THE GOD IN THE SYRIAC TRADITION -- SEEING DIVINE THINGS IN BYZANTINE CHRISTIANITY
Summary: "When people prayed, they expected their gods to come," wrote Robin Lane Fox, providing the impetus for this volume of collected essays exploring the concept of how the ancients “envisioned” the deities within various ancient religious traditions. The perspectives of Judaism, Gnosticism, Syriac Christianity, Byzantium, and Classical Greco-Roman religion and philosophy are considered. Specific emphasis is given to phenomena such as dreams, visions, and initiatory rites mediating the divine encounter.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781463234881

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- SEEING THE GOD IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD -- VISIONS AND VIOLENCE: SEEING GOD IN THE NAG HAMMADI CODICES1 -- SEEING THE DIVINE IN PLATONISM; PLATO AND PLOTINUS -- SEEING THE GOD AND EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE -- TO SEE GOD AND LIVE IN LATE ANTIQUE JUDAISM -- SEEING THE GOD IN THE SYRIAC TRADITION -- SEEING DIVINE THINGS IN BYZANTINE CHRISTIANITY

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"When people prayed, they expected their gods to come," wrote Robin Lane Fox, providing the impetus for this volume of collected essays exploring the concept of how the ancients “envisioned” the deities within various ancient religious traditions. The perspectives of Judaism, Gnosticism, Syriac Christianity, Byzantium, and Classical Greco-Roman religion and philosophy are considered. Specific emphasis is given to phenomena such as dreams, visions, and initiatory rites mediating the divine encounter.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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