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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815731003321

Autore

Giulea Andrei-Dragoș <1975->

Titolo

Pre-Nicene christology in paschal contexts : the case of the divine Noetic anthropos / / by Dragoș Andrei Giulea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Brill, , 2014

ISBN

90-04-25170-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (418 p.)

Collana

Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae : texts and studies of early Christian life and language, , 0920-623X ; ; volume 123

Disciplina

232.09/015

Soggetti

Salvation - Christianity - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600

Easter - History

Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

part one. The divine Anthropos of the pre-Nicene paschal texts -- part two. Paschal christologies and soteriologies -- part three. Paschal hermeneutics and paschal epistemologies -- part four. The Noetic nature of the paschal Anthropos.

Sommario/riassunto

In Pre-Nicene Christology in Paschal Contexts Dragoş A. Giulea re-examines the earliest texts related to the festival of Easter in light of Second Temple traditions. Commonly portrayed as sacrificial lamb, the key actor of the paschal narrative is here designated as heavenly Kabod , Divine Image, King of the Powers, celestial Anthropos, Demiurge, Son of Man, each of these divine names implying a corresponding soteriological function. Dragoş A. Giulea indicates as well that the Greek philosophical vocabulary and certain idioms of the mystery religions inspired new categories which reshaped the traditional way of describing the nature of celestial entities and the epistemological capacities able to access these realities. Thus, the King of the Powers, or the Son of Man, is several times described as a noetic Anthropos, while initiation and noetic perception become the appropriate methods of accessing the divine.