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Author Albrecht, Felix.

Title The Divine Father : Religious and Philosophical Concepts of Divine Parenthood in Antiquity.

Publication Info. Leiden : BRILL, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (440 pages).
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Series Themes in Biblical Narrative
Themes in biblical narrative.
Contents Introduction; Part One Pagan Religions; Father of the Fathers, Mother of the Mothers. God as Father (and Mother) in Ancient Egypt; "Vater Zeus" im griechischen Epos; Gott als Vater und Schöpfer. Zur Rezeption von Timaios 28c3-5 bei einigen Platonikern; Part TwoHebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism; The "Father" of the Old Testament and Its History; Divine Sonship in the Book of Jubilees; God as Father in Texts from Qumran; God as Father in the Pentateuchal Targumim; "Vater Gott und seine Kinder und Frauen"; God the Father in Flavius Josephus; Part ThreeNew Testament.
"Vater . . .". Zur Bedeutung der Anrede Gottes als Vater in den Gebeten der JesusüberlieferungIs God the Father of Jews only, or also of Gentiles?The Peculiar Shape of Paul's "Universalism"; Kyrios Christos und Gottvater. Christi Herrschaft und Gottes Vaterschaft im Philipperhymnus; Dominus Deus, Pater Omnipotens. Die göttlichen Verheißungenvon 2Kor 6,16-18; The Divine Father of the Universe from the Presocratics to Celsus: The Graeco-Roman Background to the "Father of All" in Paul's Letter to the Ephesians; God the Father and Other Parents in the New Testament; Part FourLate Antiquity.
The Divine Father in the Gospel of Truth (NHC I,3):God as causa efficiens and causa finalisGott als Vater bei Plotin und Porphyrios; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Subjects; Index of Ancient Names; Index of Modern Names; Index of Places.
Summary The present volume is devoted to religious and philosophical concepts in relation to divine parenthood on the basis of biblical tradition, its reception, and ancient context. Extending from classical to late antiquity, the articles focus on the designation of God as ""Father""
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Language Text in English and German.
Subject God -- Fatherhood -- Congresses.
God -- Fatherhood.
God -- Fatherhood.
Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Feldmeier, Reinhard.
Other Form: Print version: Albrecht, Felix. Divine Father : Religious and Philosophical Concepts of Divine Parenthood in Antiquity. Leiden : BRILL, ©2014 9789004256255
ISBN 9789004264779 (electronic book)
9004264779 (electronic book)
9004256253 (Cloth)
9789004256255 (Cloth)
9781306464451 (MyiLibrary)
1306464455 (MyiLibrary)