Image, word and God in the early Christian centuries / Mark Edwards.

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Edwards, M. J. (Mark J.)

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TextSeries: Ashgate studies in philosophy & theology in late antiquityPublication details: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2013.Description: 1 online resource (220 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781409406464
1409406466
9781409473527
140947352X
9781283805148
1283805146

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Image, word, and God in the early Christian centuries.DDC classification:

220.13

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B187.L6

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 Seeing and Hearing God in the Old Testament; 2 Seeing and Hearing God in the New Testament; 3 Word and Image in Classical Greek Philosophy; 4 Philosophers and Sophists of the Early Roman Era; 5 Image, Text and Incarnation in the Second Century; 6 Image, Text and Incarnation in the Third Century; 7 Neoplatonism and the Arts; 8 Image, Text and Incarnation in the Fourth Century; 9 Myth and Text in Proclus; 10 The Christianity of Christian Platonism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: This book investigates the concept of logos in pagan, Jewish and Christian thought, with a view to elucidating the polyphonic functions which the word acquired when used in theological discourse. Edwards presents a survey of theological applications of the term Logos in Greek, Jewish and Christian thought from Plato to Augustine and Proclus. Bringing together materials which are rarely synthesized in modern study, this book shows how Greek and biblical thought part company in their appraisal of the capacity of reason to grasp the nature of God, and how in consequence verbal revelation plays a.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-210) and index.

This book investigates the concept of logos in pagan, Jewish and Christian thought, with a view to elucidating the polyphonic functions which the word acquired when used in theological discourse. Edwards presents a survey of theological applications of the term Logos in Greek, Jewish and Christian thought from Plato to Augustine and Proclus. Bringing together materials which are rarely synthesized in modern study, this book shows how Greek and biblical thought part company in their appraisal of the capacity of reason to grasp the nature of God, and how in consequence verbal revelation plays a.

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