Seeing the God: ways of envisioning the divine in ancient Mediterranean religion
Introduction /Jeffrey B. Pettis --Seeing the god in the Greco-Roman world /Jeffrey B. Pettis --Visions and violence : seeing God in the Nag Hammadi codices /Celene Lillie --Seeing the divine in Platonism; Plato and Plotinus /Sergey Trostyanskiy --Seeing the god and early Christian literature /John A...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Piscataway, NJ
Gorgias Press
2013
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Perspectives on philosophy and religious thought (5)
Year: 2013 |
| Series/Journal: | Perspectives on philosophy and religious thought
5 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mediterranean area
/ Idea of God
/ Vision
/ Classical antiquity
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion BE Greco-Roman religions |
| Further subjects: | B
Mediterranean area
B Conference papers and proceedings B Gods Congresses B Gods B Classical antiquity B Mediterranean Region Religion Congresses B Religion B God Congresses B Mediterranean Region B God B Sight |
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Table of Contents Blurb |
| Summary: | Introduction /Jeffrey B. Pettis --Seeing the god in the Greco-Roman world /Jeffrey B. Pettis --Visions and violence : seeing God in the Nag Hammadi codices /Celene Lillie --Seeing the divine in Platonism; Plato and Plotinus /Sergey Trostyanskiy --Seeing the god and early Christian literature /John A. McGuckin and Jeff Pettis --The ambivalences of seeing in the gospel narratives /John A. McGuckin --Seeing the god and Paul /Jeffrey B. Pettis --To see God and live in late antique Judaism /Jared C. Calaway --Seeing the god in Syriac tradition /Todd French --Seeing divine things in Byzantine Christianity /John A. McGuckin. |
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| Item Description: | "This book is the result of a one-day conference which took place in New York City. 2011"--Preface Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 1611432510 |