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Origen Against Plato

Categorie	Filosofie
Boeknummer	#296662
Titel	Origen Against Plato
Auteur	Edwards, Mark Julian
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Ashgate
Jaar van uitgave	2002
ISBN10	075460828X
ISBN13	9780754608288
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Oriignal wrappers, 8vo; Ashgate Studies in Philosophy & Theology in Late Antiquity.
Samenvatting	Origen (185-254) is regarded as one of the figures chiefly responsible for the contamination of biblical theology with pagan philosophy in the early church. Edwards argues that Origen set out to construct a Christian philosophy, yet he did so with the intention of preserving theology from the infiltration of pagan thought. Examining the question of philosophical influence on Christian thought, Edwards argues that scholars have often leapt to unjustified conclusions based simply on common vocabulary or parallel development. This book advances new interpretations of the early Christian systems which are generally called "Gnostic", and the Doctrine of the Trinity in Origen's "Platonist" teacher Clement of Alexandria. Edwards concludes that Origen's hermeneutics, eschatolog... (Lees verder)y, cosmology and Trinitarian theology are all related to his understanding of human nature, which is radically opposed to that of Platonism.
Pagina's	191
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 30,00

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