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Author Calabi, Francesca, 1948-

Title God's acting, man's acting : tradition and philosophy in Philo of Alexandria / by Francesca Calabi.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in Philo of Alexandria ; v. 4
Studies in Philo of Alexandria ; v. 4.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and indexes.
Contents Abbreviations; Introduction; PART ONE THE NATURE OF GOD; Chapter One Plato and the Bible. Ontology and Theology in Philo; Chapter Two Simplicity and Absence of Qualities in God; Chapter Three Unknowability of God; Appendix One The dazzling Light: a Metaphor on the Unknowability of God; PART TWO THE MEDIATION ACTIVITY; Chapter Four The Powers of God. Seraphim, Cherubim and Powers in Philo of Alexandria; Chapter Five Roles and Figures of Mediation; Chapter Six The Snake and the Horseman -- Pleasure and Sophrosyne in Philo of Alexandria; PART THREE GOD AS A MODEL.
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Subject Philo, of Alexandria.
Philo, of Alexandria.
Philo, of Alexandria.
Philo, Alexandrinus, v25/10-40/50.
Philo Judäus -- Gottesbegriff.
Philo Alexandrinus.
Philo Alexandrinus.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Calabi, Francesca, 1948- God's acting, man's acting. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008 (DLC) 2007043549
ISBN 9789047431602 (electronic book)
904743160X (electronic book)
9789004162709 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004162704 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004162709.i-265