Apophasis and pseudonymity in Dionysius the Areopagite : 'no longer I' / Charles M. Stang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stang, Charles M., 1974-

Series:

Oxford early Christian studies.

Oxford early Christian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite.

Pseudo-Dionysius.

Neoplatonism.

Christianity--Philosophy--History--To 1500.

Christianity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This text examines the writings of an early 6th century Christian mystical theologian who wrote under the name of a convert of the apostle Paul, Dionysius the Areopagite, and argues that the pseudonym and the corresponding influence of Paul are the crucial lens through which to read this influential corpus.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Ancient and Modern Readers of the Corpus Dionysiacum: Pseudonymity and Paul

2. Pseudonymous Writing in the Late Antique Christian East

3. "I rejoice to see your order": Paul and the Dionysian Hierarchies

4. "To an Unknown God": Paul and Mystical Union

5. "No Longer I": The Apophatic Anthropology of Dionysius the Areopagite

Conclusion: The Pseudonym, Revisited; Bibliography

Index Locorum

General Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Mar. 5, 2012).

ISBN:

9780191634352

0191634352

OCLC:

777265014

Publisher Number:

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199640423.001.0001

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access