03656nam 2200637 a 450 991078254400332120200520144314.01-281-95720-897866119572090-226-38872-710.7208/9780226388724(CKB)1000000000577910(EBL)408178(OCoLC)476227783(SSID)ssj0000101295(PQKBManifestationID)11111481(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101295(PQKBWorkID)10042132(PQKB)10231646(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122940(MiAaPQ)EBC408178(DE-B1597)523983(OCoLC)309232677(DE-B1597)9780226388724(Au-PeEL)EBL408178(CaPaEBR)ebr10265906(CaONFJC)MIL195720(EXLCZ)99100000000057791020071029d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAll the names of the Lord[electronic resource] lists, mysticism, and magic /Valentina IzmirlievaChicago University of Chicago Press20081 online resource (252 p.)Studies of the Harriman InstituteDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-38870-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-224) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: The Claim of Theology: "Nameless and of Every Name" -- Part Two: A Magical Alternative: The 72 Names of God -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexChristians face a conundrum when it comes to naming God, for if God is unnamable, as theologians maintain, he can also be called by every name. His proper name is thus an open-ended, all-encompassing list, a mystery the Church embraces in its rhetoric, but which many Christians have found difficult to accept. To explore this conflict, Valentina Izmirlieva examines two lists of God's names: one from The Divine Names, the classic treatise by Pseudo-Dionysius, and the other from The 72 Names of the Lord, an amulet whose history binds together Kabbalah and Christianity, Jews and Slavs, Palestine, Provence, and the Balkans. This unexpected juxtaposition of a theological treatise and a magical amulet allows Izmirlieva to reveal lists' rhetorical potential to create order and to function as both tools of knowledge and of power. Despite the two different visions of order represented by each list, Izmirlieva finds that their uses in Christian practice point to a complementary relationship between the existential need for God's protection and the metaphysical desire to submit to his infinite majesty-a compelling claim sure to provoke discussion among scholars in many fields. Studies of the Harriman Institute.God (Christianity)Namedivinity, god, mysticism, spirituality, religion, magic, christianity, dionysius the areopagite, myth, authorship, kabbalah, 72 names, naming, bible, hierarchy, nameless, exegesis, scripture, apostle, tower of babel, septuagint, printing, miscellany for travelers, abagar, judaism, nonfiction, metaphysics, balkans, palestine, provence, history.God (Christianity)Name.231Izmirlieva Valentina1528796MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782544003321All the names of the Lord3772647UNINA