Hellenism, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity: Transmission and Transformation of Ideas

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Hellenism, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity

Transmission and Transformation of Ideas

Edited by: Radka Fialová , Jiří Hoblík and Petr Kitzler

Volume 155 in the series Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110796285

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About this book

Papers collected in this volume try to illuminate various aspects of philosophical theology dealt with by different Jewish and early Christian authors and texts (e.g. the Acts of the Apostles, Philo, Origen, Gregory of Nazianzus), rooted in and influenced by the Hellenistic religious, cultural, and philosophical context, and they also focus on the literary and cultural traditions of Hellenized Judaism and its reception (e.g. Sibylline Oracles, Prayer of Manasseh), including material culture ("Elephant Mosaic Panel" from Huqoq synagogue). By studying the Hellenistic influences on early Christianity, both in response to and in reaction against early Hellenized Judaism, the volume intends not only to better understand Christianity, as a religious and historical phenomenon with a profound impact on the development of European civilization, but also to better comprehend Hellenism and its consequences which have often been relegated to the realm of political history.

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Radka Fialová, Jiří Hoblík and Petr Kitzler, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface Petr Kitzler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I Hellenism, Judaism, and Christianity: Theological and Philosophical Trajectories
God’s Power and Powers in Philo of Alexandria Jiří Hoblík Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
The Presence of the Myth in the Pentateuch: A Platonic Argument in Philo of Alexandria Ana Carolina Delgado Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Greek Heritage Reinterpreted by Jews and Christians Petr Pokorný Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Resurrection in the Intertext: Pagan Sources in Paul’s Areopagus Speech (Acts 17:22–31) Jan M. Kozlowski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
The Notion of Divine Infinity and Unknowability: Philo, Clement, and Origen of Alexandria in a Polemic with Greek Philosophy Damian Mrugalski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Origen’s Philosophical Theology, Allegoresis, and Connections to Platonism Ilaria L. E. Ramelli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
An Arithmological Metaphor for the Holy Trinity in Gregory of Nazianzus (Or. 29.2; 23.8) and Its Neopythagorean Background Lenka Karfíková Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
II Hellenism and Judaism: Trajectories in Literature and (Material) Culture
Rewriting the Genesis Sequence. The Account of the Titanomachy in the Third Book of the Sibylline Oracles Reconsidered Agata Grzybowska-Wiatrak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Famous Forgiveness: The Reception of the Prayer of Manasseh in Byzantium (with a Transcription of Hesychios of Jerusalem’s Scholia from MS Oxford, Auct. D.4.1) Barbara Crostini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
The Elephant Mosaic Panel in the Huqoq Synagogue: A Reappraisal of the Maccabean Interpretation David Cielontko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
‘Seal of Solomon’ on a Bilingual defixio from Carnuntum (Pannonia) Juraj Franek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
On the Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Index Locorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Index of Names and Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars in the fields of Religious studies, early Christian history and theology, Jewish studies, Church history, Classics
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 243
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
- Coloured Illustrations: 2
- Tables: 1
Keywords: Hellenism; History of Thought; Philosophical Theology; Early Christian and Jewish Literature

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Published: November 7, 2022
ISBN: 9783110796285

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Published: November 7, 2022
ISBN: 9783110795073