The Divine Father : Religious and Philosophical Concepts of Divine Parenthood in Antiquity.

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Author / Creator:Albrecht, Felix.
Imprint:Leiden : BRILL, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (440 pages)
Language:English
German
Series:Themes in Biblical Narrative
Themes in biblical narrative.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11223378
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Other authors / contributors:Feldmeier, Reinhard.
ISBN:9789004264779
9004264779
9004256253
9789004256255
9781306464451
1306464455
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Text in English and German.
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Summary:The present volume is devoted to religious and philosophical concepts in relation to divine parenthood on the basis of biblical tradition, its reception, and ancient context. Extending from classical to late antiquity, the articles focus on the designation of God as ""Father""
Other form:Print version: Albrecht, Felix. Divine Father : Religious and Philosophical Concepts of Divine Parenthood in Antiquity. Leiden : BRILL, ©2014 9789004256255
Standard no.:10.1163/9789004264779.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; Part One Pagan Religions; Father of the Fathers, Mother of the Mothers. God as Father (and Mother) in Ancient Egypt; "Vater Zeus" im griechischen Epos; Gott als Vater und Schöpfer. Zur Rezeption von Timaios 28c3-5 bei einigen Platonikern; Part TwoHebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism; The "Father" of the Old Testament and Its History; Divine Sonship in the Book of Jubilees; God as Father in Texts from Qumran; God as Father in the Pentateuchal Targumim; "Vater Gott und seine Kinder und Frauen"; God the Father in Flavius Josephus; Part ThreeNew Testament.
  • "Vater . . .". Zur Bedeutung der Anrede Gottes als Vater in den Gebeten der JesusüberlieferungIs God the Father of Jews only, or also of Gentiles?The Peculiar Shape of Paul's "Universalism"; Kyrios Christos und Gottvater. Christi Herrschaft und Gottes Vaterschaft im Philipperhymnus; Dominus Deus, Pater Omnipotens. Die göttlichen Verheißungenvon 2Kor 6,16-18; 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; God the Father and Other Parents in the New Testament; Part FourLate Antiquity.
  • The Divine Father in the Gospel of Truth (NHC I,3):God as causa efficiens and causa finalisGott als Vater bei Plotin und Porphyrios; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Subjects; Index of Ancient Names; Index of Modern Names; Index of Places.