God's acting, man's acting : tradition and philosophy in Philo of Alexandria / by Francesca Calabi.

The topic tackled in this book is Philo's account of the complex, double-sided nature of God's acting - the two-sided coin of God as transcendent yet immanent, unknowable yet revealed, immobile yet creating - and also the two sides of acting in humans - who, in an attempt to imitate God, b...

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Main Author: Calabi, Francesca, 1948-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Series:Studies in Philo of Alexandria ; v. 4.
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Summary:The topic tackled in this book is Philo's account of the complex, double-sided nature of God's acting - the two-sided coin of God as transcendent yet immanent, unknowable yet revealed, immobile yet creating - and also the two sides of acting in humans - who, in an attempt to imitate God, both contemplate and produce. In both contexts, divine and human, Philo considers that it would not be proper to give precedence to either side - the result would be barren. God's acting and man's acting are at the same time both speculative and practical, and it is precisely out of this co-presence that the o.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and indexes.
ISBN:9789047431602
904743160X
1281939889
9781281939883
9786611939885
6611939881
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.