Aion in Christian Visual and Literary Sources

In this article, a search is conducted for the traces of the conceptions of Time and Aion in mythological and theological accounts of the ancient Near East as they are re-interpreted in the metaphorical images in Christian literary sources and iconographic formulae in Christian art. We find that the...

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Main Author: Kolbutova, Irina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2024
In: Gnosis
Year: 2024, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 64-117
Further subjects:B Christian iconography
B Pneuma
B cosmic serpent
B Aion
B Sophia
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