عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
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LA122756
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Metaphors of Closeness:
General Material Designation
[Article]
Other Title Information
Reflections on Homoiôsis Theôi in Ancient Philosophy and Beyond
First Statement of Responsibility
Christoph Jedan
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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It is often assumed that a single, diachronically persistent motif of imitating god can be identified in Ancient philosophy and early Christianity. The present article takes issue with this assumption and seeks to establish the conceptual framework for a more sophisticated discussion of homoiôsis. The article identifies eight crucial junctures at which homoiôsis stories can diverge. For all the variance of homoiôsis narratives, the category of imitation of the divine remains a useful analytical tool. The article supports this claim by a comparison of Platonic and Stoic narratives of homoiôsis. It established their distinctness and shows how the rhetoric of imitating the divine offers important linguistic markers that allow us to trace the transgressive potential of (ancient) theologies. It is often assumed that a single, diachronically persistent motif of imitating god can be identified in Ancient philosophy and early Christianity. The present article takes issue with this assumption and seeks to establish the conceptual framework for a more sophisticated discussion of homoiôsis. The article identifies eight crucial junctures at which homoiôsis stories can diverge. For all the variance of homoiôsis narratives, the category of imitation of the divine remains a useful analytical tool. The article supports this claim by a comparison of Platonic and Stoic narratives of homoiôsis. It established their distinctness and shows how the rhetoric of imitating the divine offers important linguistic markers that allow us to trace the transgressive potential of (ancient) theologies.
SET
Date of Publication
2013
Physical description
54-70
Title
Numen
Volume Number
60/1
International Standard Serial Number
1568-5276
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Godlikeness
Subject Term
homoiôsis theôi
Subject Term
imitation of god
Subject Term
Plato
Subject Term
Stoics
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Christoph Jedan
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
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10.1163/15685276-12341252
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مطالعه متن کتاب p
[Article]
275578
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