By the Same Word : Creation and Salvation in Hellenistic Judaism and Early Christianity.

Middle Platonism explained how a transcendent principle could relate to the material world by positing an intermediary, modeled after the Stoic active cause, that mediated the supreme principles influence to the world while preserving its transcendence. Having similar concerns as Middle Platonism, H...

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Main Author: Cox, Ronald
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2009.
Series:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 145
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter; Contents; Chapter One. Introduction; Chapter Two. Middle Platonic Intermediary Doctrine; Chapter Three. Salvation as the Fulfillment of Creation: The Roles of the Divine Intermediary in Hellenistic Judaism; Chapter Four. Salvation as the Reparation of Creation: The Roles of the Divine Intermediary in New Testament Christology; Chapter Five. Salvation as the Undoing of Creation: The Roles of the Divine Intermediary in "Gnosticism"; Chapter Six. Conclusion; Backmatter.