ASPECTS OF CULTURAL HYBRIDITY IN PHILO’S APOPHATIC ANTHROPOLOGY
While scholars often emphasize that the beginnings of apophatic¹ theology are to be found in Philo, they tend to overlook the sophisticated way in which the Alexandrian author portrays the human being as both an image of God and as an unknowable substance. If Philo is the first surviving author who...
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Brown Univ.
2021
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The studia Philonica annual
Year: 2021, Volume: 33, Pages: 91-108 |
| Summary: | While scholars often emphasize that the beginnings of apophatic¹ theology are to be found in Philo, they tend to overlook the sophisticated way in which the Alexandrian author portrays the human being as both an image of God and as an unknowable substance. If Philo is the first surviving author who adopts an apophatic way of describing God and his powers δυνάμεις),² how does he answer the question about the nature of the image of God? Is something in human nature as incomprehensible as the divine one? Gregory of Nyssa who draws heavily both on a long Christian tradition before... |
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| ISSN: | 1052-4533 |
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