The divine father : religious and philosophical concepts of divine parenthood in antiquity / edited by Felix Albrecht and Reinhard Feldmeier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Albrecht, Felix.

Feldmeier, Reinhard.

Series:

Themes in biblical narrative ; v. 18.

Themes in Biblical Narrative, 1388-3909 ; Volume 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God--Fatherhood--Congresses.

God.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The present volume is devoted to the theme of \'Divine Father\' in Second Temple Jewish and early Christian tradition and in its ancient pagan contexts. It brings together proceedings of a conference under the same title, held in Göttingen in September 2011. Selected articles by well-known scholars focus on religious and philosophical concepts of divine parenthood in antiquity, from the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism (the Dead Sea Scrolls, Targums, Philo and Josephus) to the field of the New Testament. In addition, the volume deals with the designation of deity as \'father\' or \'mother\' from the broad spectrum of ancient Egypt and classical antiquity (Homer, Hesiod, Plato, and its reception) to late antiquity (Plotinus and Porphyry).

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction / Reinhard Feldmeier

Father of the Fathers, Mother of the Mothers. God as Father (and Mother) in Ancient Egypt / Alexandra von Lieven

„Vater Zeus“ im griechischen Epos / Heinz-Günther Nesselrath

Gott als Vater und Schöpfer. Zur Rezeption von Timaios 28c3–5 bei einigen Platonikern / Franco Ferrari

The “Father” of the Old Testament and Its History / Hermann Spieckermann

Divine Sonship in the Book of Jubilees / Jacques van Ruiten

God as Father in Texts from Qumran / Lutz Doering

God as Father in the Pentateuchal Targumim / Robert Hayward

„Vater Gott und seine Kinder und Frauen“ / Beatrice Wyss

God the Father in Flavius Josephus / Mladen Popović

„Vater . . .“. Zur Bedeutung der Anrede Gottes als Vater in den Gebeten der Jesusüberlieferung / Florian Wilk

Is God the Father of Jews only, or also of Gentiles? The Peculiar Shape of Paul’s “Universalism” / Ross Wagner

Kyrios Christos und Gottvater. Christi Herrschaft und Gottes Vaterschaft im Philipperhymnus / Reinhard Feldmeier

Dominus Deus, Pater Omnipotens. Die göttlichen Verheißungen . von 2Kor 6,16–18 / Felix Albrecht

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 / George H. van Kooten

God the Father and Other Parents in the New Testament / Jane Heath

The Divine Father in the Gospel of Truth (NHC I,3): God as causa efficiens and causa finalis / Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta

Gott als Vater bei Plotin und Porphyrios / Ilinca Tanaseanu-Döbler

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Subjects

Index of Ancient Names

Index of Modern Names

Index of Places.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-26477-9

OCLC:

871225484

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004264779 DOI