Greek Philosophers as Theologians

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317124693
Total Pages : 266 pages
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Book Synopsis Greek Philosophers as Theologians by : Adam Drozdek

Download or read book Greek Philosophers as Theologians written by Adam Drozdek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concepts of God presented by Greek philosophers were significantly different from the image of the divine of popular religion and indicate a fairly sophisticated theological reflection from the very inception of Greek philosophy. This book presents a comprehensive history of theological thought of Greek philosophers from the Presocratics to the early Hellenistic period. Concentrating on views concerning the attributes of God and their impact on eschatological and ethical thought, Drozdek explains that theology was of paramount importance for all Greek philosophers even in the absence of purely theological or religious language.

Pneuma and Logos

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498272533
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis Pneuma and Logos by : John W. Wyckoff

Download or read book Pneuma and Logos written by John W. Wyckoff and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of the Holy Spirit in the writing of Scripture and the role of the Holy Spirit in the understanding of Scripture are corollary ideas. The first one of these--usually referred to as the Inspiration of Scripture--has been extensively discussed by the Early Church Fathers, theologians, and other Bible scholars from the earliest centuries of the Church until the present. Likewise, the second of these corollary ideas--the role of the Holy Spirit in the understanding of Scripture--has been widely considered from the time of the Early Church Fathers. However, this idea, usually referred to as the Illumination of Scripture, has not been as extensively discussed as the corollary doctrine of Inspiration. Consequently, many aspects of the Holy Spirit's relationship to Biblical Hermeneutics remain open for fruitful discussion. The notion that the Holy Spirit plays some role in the interpretative process of understanding Scripture raises many issues and questions. Does the Holy Spirit even play any role at all in the interpretative process? If so, what, then, is the role of the human interpreter in relationship to that of the Holy Spirit? Can the Holy Spirit's role be conceptualized in some meaningful way? If and when the Holy Spirit plays a role in interpretation, what difference does it make in the outcome of understanding? This book intends to further the discussion of these and other issues related to the idea of the role of the Holy Spirit in Biblical Hermeneutics. It briefly surveys both past and contemporary thought on this theme. It then suggests how the Holy Spirit's role might be conceptualized. Since this conceptualization is necessarily metaphorical, various models are presented as vehicles for furthering discourse on the subject. Finally, it attempts to describe the results of the Holy Spirit's activity of illumination and suggests areas for further study on the topic.

Birth of the Symbol

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691162263
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Book Synopsis Birth of the Symbol by : Peter T. Struck

Download or read book Birth of the Symbol written by Peter T. Struck and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly all of us have studied poetry and been taught to look for the symbolic as well as literal meaning of the text. Is this the way the ancients saw poetry? In Birth of the Symbol, Peter Struck explores the ancient Greek literary critics and theorists who invented the idea of the poetic "symbol." The book notes that Aristotle and his followers did not discuss the use of poetic symbolism. Rather, a different group of Greek thinkers--the allegorists--were the first to develop the notion. Struck extensively revisits the work of the great allegorists, which has been underappreciated. He links their interest in symbolism to the importance of divination and magic in ancient times, and he demonstrates how important symbolism became when they thought about religion and philosophy. "They see the whole of great poetic language as deeply figurative," he writes, "with the potential always, even in the most mundane details, to be freighted with hidden messages." Birth of the Symbol offers a new understanding of the role of poetry in the life of ideas in ancient Greece. Moreover, it demonstrates a connection between the way we understand poetry and the way it was understood by important thinkers in ancient times.

The Stoic Tradition from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004072671
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (726 download)

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Book Synopsis The Stoic Tradition from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages by : Marcia l. Colish

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The Stoic Tradition from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004093270
Total Pages : 478 pages
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Book Synopsis The Stoic Tradition from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages by : Marcía L. Colish

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John and Philosophy

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192511041
Total Pages : 304 pages
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Book Synopsis John and Philosophy by : Troels Engberg-Pedersen

Download or read book John and Philosophy written by Troels Engberg-Pedersen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John and Philosophy: A New Reading of the Fourth Gospel offers a Stoic reading of the Fourth Gospel, especially its cosmology, epistemology, and ethics. It works through the gospel in narrative sequence providing a 'philosophical narrative reading'. In each section of the gospel Troels Engberg-Pedersen raises discusses philosophical questions. He compares John with Paul (in philosophy) and Mark (in narrative) to offer a new reading of the transmitted text of the Fourth Gospel. Of these two profiles, the narrative one is strongly influenced by the literary critical paradigm. Moreover, by attending carefully to a number of narratological features, one may come to see that the transmitted text in fact hangs together much more coherently than scholarship has been willing to see. The other profile is specifically philosophical. Scholarship has been well aware that the Fourth Gospel has what one might call a philosophical dimension. Engberg-Pedersen shows that throughout the Gospel contemporary Stoicism, works better to illuminate the text. This pertains to the basic cosmology (and cosmogony) that is reflected in the text, to the epistemology that underlies a central theme in it regarding different types of belief in Jesus, to the ethics that is introduced fairly late in the text when Jesus describes how the disciples should live once he has himself gone away from them, and more.

Greco-Roman Culture and the New Testament

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004226540
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Greco-Roman Culture and the New Testament by : David Edward Aune

Download or read book Greco-Roman Culture and the New Testament written by David Edward Aune and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on a strength of the faculty of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, this volume is a collection of nine essays by an international group of scholars who have used texts from the Greco-Roman world to illuminate various aspects of the New Testament.

Rethinking Trinitarian Theology

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0567225461
Total Pages : 513 pages
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Book Synopsis Rethinking Trinitarian Theology by : Giulio Maspero

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From Logos to Trinity

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139505149
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)

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Book Synopsis From Logos to Trinity by : Marian Hillar

Download or read book From Logos to Trinity written by Marian Hillar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a critical evaluation of the doctrine of the Trinity, tracing its development and investigating the intellectual, philosophical and theological background that shaped this influential doctrine of Christianity. Despite the centrality of Trinitarian thought to Christianity and its importance as one of the fundamental tenets that differentiates Christianity from Judaism and Islam, the doctrine is not fully formulated in the canon of Christian scriptural texts. Instead, it evolved through the conflation of selective pieces of scripture with the philosophical and religious ideas of ancient Hellenistic milieu. Marian Hillar analyzes the development of Trinitarian thought during the formative years of Christianity from its roots in ancient Greek philosophical concepts and religious thinking in the Mediterranean region. He identifies several important sources of Trinitarian thought heretofore largely ignored by scholars, including the Greek middle-Platonic philosophical writings of Numenius and Egyptian metaphysical writings and monuments representing divinity as a triune entity.

Christianity's Dangerous Idea

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061436860
Total Pages : 562 pages
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Book Synopsis Christianity's Dangerous Idea by : Alister McGrath

Download or read book Christianity's Dangerous Idea written by Alister McGrath and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-11-04 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Interpretation of Protestantism and Its Impact on the World The radical idea that individuals could interpret the Bible for themselves spawned a revolution that is still being played out on the world stage today. This innovation lies at the heart of Protestantism's remarkable instability and adaptability. World-renowned scholar Alister McGrath sheds new light on the fascinating figures and movements that continue to inspire debate and division across the full spectrum of Protestant churches and communities worldwide.

Greek Philosophy - 1956

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Publisher : Argo Books
ISBN 13 : 0912148357
Total Pages : 667 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (121 download)

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Book Synopsis Greek Philosophy - 1956 by : Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy

Download or read book Greek Philosophy - 1956 written by Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy and published by Argo Books. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Plato’s Styles and Characters

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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110445603
Total Pages : 436 pages
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Book Synopsis Plato’s Styles and Characters by : Gabriele Cornelli

Download or read book Plato’s Styles and Characters written by Gabriele Cornelli and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-11-27 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The significance of Plato’s literary style to the content of his ideas is perhaps one of the central problems in the study of Plato and Ancient Philosophy as a whole. As Samuel Scolnicov points out in this collection, many other philosophers have employed literary techniques to express their ideas, just as many literary authors have exemplified philosophical ideas in their narratives, but for no other philosopher does the mode of expression play such a vital role in their thought as it does for Plato. And yet, even after two thousand years there is still no consensus about why Plato expresses his ideas in this distinctive style. Selected from the first Latin American Area meeting of the International Plato Society (www.platosociety.org) in Brazil in 2012, the following collection of essays presents some of the most recent scholarship from around the world on the wide range of issues related to Plato’s dialogue form. The essays can be divided into three categories. The first addresses general questions concerning Plato’s literary style. The second concerns the relation of his style to other genres and traditions in Ancient Greece. And the third examines Plato’s characters and his purpose in using them.

Christ in Christian Tradition

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Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664219970
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (199 download)

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Book Synopsis Christ in Christian Tradition by : Aloys Grillmeier

Download or read book Christ in Christian Tradition written by Aloys Grillmeier and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the development of Christology and the concept of Christ and His presence through the late eighth century

Pneuma and Realized Eschatology in the Book of Wisdom

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Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
ISBN 13 : 3647535389
Total Pages : 274 pages
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Book Synopsis Pneuma and Realized Eschatology in the Book of Wisdom by : Matthew Edwards

Download or read book Pneuma and Realized Eschatology in the Book of Wisdom written by Matthew Edwards and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Wisdom's understanding of Israel's history, of contemporary politics and of the immortal fate of the persecuted sage can be understood to be part of one theological system. This system integrates texts and concepts from Jewish Wisdom, the biblical narratives of the patriarchs from Adam to Moses, eschatological hope and apocalyptic language, an understanding of the spirit of God in the enabling of prophets and leaders and, most distinctively, the Stoic concept of pneuma. This last concept unites the biblical resources and allows Wisdom, using eschatological language, to speak of the ordering of the cosmos for the judgement for the wicked and the exaltation of God's people in the present age.Matthew Edwards addresses first the question of the literary unity of Wisdom. This is followed by an examination of the differing uses of the term pneuma within Wisdom, that is as divine agent of salvation, the means of the ordering the cosmos and the substance from which souls are composed. The nature of personal salvation within Wisdom is also considered and shown to be an integral part of the understanding of the cosmos, ordered for judgement and exaltation. Finally, this notion of the ordering of the comos and history for God's people is discussed with its consequences for Jewish life under contemporary Hellenistic and Roman rule.

The Cosmic Breath

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004230491
Total Pages : 298 pages
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Book Synopsis The Cosmic Breath by : Amos Yong

Download or read book The Cosmic Breath written by Amos Yong and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interjection of pneumatology in both theologies of interreligious dialogue and in the theology-and-science conversation comes together in this volume. The resulting Christianity-Buddhism-science trialogue opens up to new pneumatological perspectives on philosophical cosmology and anthropology in interdisciplinary and global context.

From Logos to Trinity

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107013305
Total Pages : 333 pages
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Book Synopsis From Logos to Trinity by : Marian Hillar

Download or read book From Logos to Trinity written by Marian Hillar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical evaluation of the doctrine of the Trinity, tracing its development and investigating its intellectual, philosophical and theological background.

The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134855982
Total Pages : 656 pages
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Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy by : Mark Edwards

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy written by Mark Edwards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers the most comprehensive survey available of the philosophical background to the works of early Christian writers and the development of early Christian doctrine. It examines how the same philosophical questions were approached by Christian and pagan thinkers; the philosophical element in Christian doctrines; the interaction of particular philosophies with Christian thought; and the constructive use of existing philosophies by all Christian thinkers of late antiquity. While most studies of ancient Christian writers and the development of early Christian doctrine make some reference to the philosophic background, this is often of an anecdotal character, and does not enable the reader to determine whether the likenesses are deep or superficial, or how pervasively one particular philosopher may have influenced Christian thought. This volume is designed to provide not only a body of facts more compendious than can be found elsewhere, but the contextual information which will enable readers to judge or clarify the statements that they encounter in works of more limited scope. With contributions by an international group of experts in both philosophy and Christian thought, this is an invaluable resource for scholars of early Christianity, Late Antiquity and ancient philosophy alike.