Image, word and God in the early Christian centuries / Mark Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, M. J. (Mark J.), author.

Series:

Ashgate Studies in Philosophy & Theology in Late Antiquity

Ashgate studies in philosophy & theology in late antiquity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logos (Philosophy).

Philosophy, Ancient.

Logos (Christian theology)--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Logos (Christian theology).

Incarnation.

Christianity.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Place of Publication:

Farnham, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., 2013.

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book investigates the concept of logos in pagan, Jewish and Christian thought, with a view to elucidating the polyphonic functions which the word acquired when used in theological discourse. Edwards presents a survey of theological applications of the term Logos in Greek, Jewish and Christian thought from Plato to Augustine and Proclus. Bringing together materials which are rarely synthesized in modern study, this book shows how Greek and biblical thought part company in their appraisal of the capacity of reason to grasp the nature of God, and how in consequence verbal revelation plays a

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 Seeing and Hearing God in the Old Testament; 2 Seeing and Hearing God in the New Testament; 3 Word and Image in Classical Greek Philosophy; 4 Philosophers and Sophists of the Early Roman Era; 5 Image, Text and Incarnation in the Second Century; 6 Image, Text and Incarnation in the Third Century; 7 Neoplatonism and the Arts; 8 Image, Text and Incarnation in the Fourth Century; 9 Myth and Text in Proclus; 10 The Christianity of Christian Platonism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-11883-9

1-315-58783-1

1-283-80514-6

1-4094-0646-6

9781315587837

OCLC:

818846526