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1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages). |
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Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 405
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Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 405.
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Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oxford, 2013 under title: Knowledge of God in Philo of Alexandria with special reference to the Allegorical Commentary. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-278) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Cover; Preface; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Philo's Life; 1.2 Philo's Literary Output; 1.3 Toward Philo's Epistemology; 1.4 Philo's Knowledge of God in Present Scholarship; 1.4.1 Key Studies on Philonic Epistemology; 1.5 Methodological Considerations; 1.5.1 Limitations of the Present Study; 1.6 Moving Forward; Chapter 2: Knowledge of God in the Allegorical Commentary; 2.1 Chapter Preview; 2.2 Philo's Allegorical Commentary At-A-Glance; 2.2.1 Dominant Literary Feature; 2.2.2 Key Thematic Features; 2.3 Philo on the Origin and Nature of the Mind. |
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2.3.1 Thesis 1: The Impassibility of the Preexistent Divine Mind2.3.2 Thesis 2: The Locus of Two Types of Rationality; 2.3.3 Thesis 3: The Rational Mind in the Non-Rational Soul; 2.4 The Human Mind and Ascent to the Divine; 2.4.1 The Variety of Gifts of Knowledge for Human Aspirants; 2.4.2 Case Study: Divine Parentage and Four Types of Offspring; 2.4.3 Two Necessary Conditions for Noetic Ascent to the Divine; 2.4.4 Noetic Aspiration to the Divine 1: Perfection of the Mind; 2.4.5 Noetic Aspiration to the Divine 2: Purification of the Mind; 2.4.6 Further Ascent of the Mind to the Divine. |
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2.5 Limitations of the Mind in its Ascent to the Divine2.5.1 The Mind as Ontologically Limited ; 2.5.2 The Mind as Dependent on Senses; 2.5.3 The Mind as Ignorant of Causes; 2.5.4 The Mind as Ignorant of Itself; 2.5.5 Suspension of Judgment; 2.6 Two Further Aspects of Philo's Theological Epistemology; 2.6.1 Theological Knowledge as Therapeutic; 2.6.2 Theological Knowledge as Conspicuous and Social in Character; 2.7 Conclusion; Chapter 3: Knowledge of God in the 'Exposition of the Law'; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 The 'Exposition' At-A-Glance; 3.1.2 Chapter preview. |
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3.2 Wider epistemological principles in the 'Exposition'3.2.1 Divine incomprehensibility; 3.2.2 Divine beneficence; 3.2.3 Divine mediation; 3.2.4 Primacy of the Pentateuch of Moses; 3.3 The Human Mind in the 'Creation' Segment; 3.3.1 Plato's Model of the Human Mind; 3.3.2 Aristotelian Perspectives on the Platonic Views of the Mind; 3.3.3 Stoic Perspectives on Platonic Views of the Mind; 3.3.4 Philo's Engagement with non-Jewish Perspectives; 3.3.5 The Origin and Nature of the Mind in the Exposition; 3.3.6 The Potential of the Human Mind in its Ascent to Know God. |
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3.3.7 Limitations of the Human Mind3.4 The Human Mind in the 'Patriarchs' Segment; 3.4.1 The Origin and Nature of the Human Mind; 3.4.2 The Potential of the Mind in its Ascent to Know God; 3.4.3 The Limitations of the Mind in the 'Patriarchs' Segment; 3.4.4 Summary and Preview; 3.5 The Human Mind in the 'Moses' or 'Laws' Segment; 3.5.1 The Unwritten Law of Nature; 3.5.2 The 'Written' Laws of Moses; 3.5.3 Unwritten Law(s) and the Written Laws; 3.5.4 The Nature of the Mind in this Segment of the Exposition; 3.5.5 The Potential of the Human Mind in its Ascent to Know God; 3.6 Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Wie begreift Philo von Alexandria den Ursprung und das Wesen des menschlichen Verstands? Jang Ryu wirft neue Fragen zu Philos Sicht der Gotteserkenntnis auf und ermittelt zwei unterschiedliche aber verwandte Gruppen epistemologischer Konzepte in den Texten Philos, eine in jeder seiner exegetischen Schriften. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Philo, of Alexandria -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Philo, of Alexandria. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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God -- Knowableness -- History of doctrines.
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God -- Knowableness -- History of doctrines. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ryu, Knowledge of God in Philo of Alexandria. Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, [2015] 9783161530067 (OCoLC) 927293435 |
| ISBN |
3161542770 (e-book) |
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9783161542770 (electronic book) |
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3161530063 |
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