| Gnosis, Theophany, Theosis: Studies in Clement of Alexandria's Appropriation of His Background Contributor(s): Bray, Gerald (Editor), Choufrine, Arkadi (Author) |
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ISBN: 082046144X ISBN-13: 9780820461441 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $96.28 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Systematic - Philosophy - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament |
| Dewey: 230.130 |
| LCCN: 2002021415 |
| Series: Patristic Studies |
| Physical Information: 232 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gnosis, Theophany, Theosis comprises three case studies of Clement's interaction with the heterogeneous traditions integral to his Alexandrian background: Basilidean and Valentinian metaphysics of the Christ-event; Philo's Scripture exegesis; and Hellenistic ethical theory based on Aristotle's concept of telos. This book focuses on the three respective representative objects of interpretation that Clement shared with those traditions, namely: the rite of Christian initiation; Scripture narratives of primordial creation and God's revelation to Abram; and the Middle Platonic idea of human telos as assimilation to God. By going back to the respective interpretations of these objects by those traditions, and then forth to Clement's appropriation of those interpretations, Gnosis, Theophany, Theosis presents him as a creative theologian and lays bare the inner structure of his synthesis. |