LEADER 03327nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910454449103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-95720-8 010 $a9786611957209 010 $a0-226-38872-7 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226388724 035 $a(CKB)1000000000577910 035 $a(EBL)408178 035 $a(OCoLC)476227783 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000101295 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11111481 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101295 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10042132 035 $a(PQKB)10231646 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122940 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408178 035 $a(DE-B1597)523983 035 $a(OCoLC)309232677 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226388724 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408178 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265906 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL195720 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000577910 100 $a20071029d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAll the names of the Lord$b[electronic resource] $elists, mysticism, and magic /$fValentina Izmirlieva 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 225 1 $aStudies of the Harriman Institute 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-38870-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 207-224) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tPart One: The Claim of Theology: "Nameless and of Every Name" -- $tPart Two: A Magical Alternative: The 72 Names of God -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aChristians face a conundrum when it comes to naming God, for if God is unnamable, as theologians maintain, he can also be called by every name. His proper name is thus an open-ended, all-encompassing list, a mystery the Church embraces in its rhetoric, but which many Christians have found difficult to accept. To explore this conflict, Valentina Izmirlieva examines two lists of God's names: one from The Divine Names, the classic treatise by Pseudo-Dionysius, and the other from The 72 Names of the Lord, an amulet whose history binds together Kabbalah and Christianity, Jews and Slavs, Palestine, Provence, and the Balkans. This unexpected juxtaposition of a theological treatise and a magical amulet allows Izmirlieva to reveal lists' rhetorical potential to create order and to function as both tools of knowledge and of power. Despite the two different visions of order represented by each list, Izmirlieva finds that their uses in Christian practice point to a complementary relationship between the existential need for God's protection and the metaphysical desire to submit to his infinite majesty-a compelling claim sure to provoke discussion among scholars in many fields. 410 0$aStudies of the Harriman Institute. 606 $aGod (Christianity)$xName 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGod (Christianity)$xName. 676 $a231 700 $aIzmirlieva$b Valentina$0938885 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454449103321 996 $aAll the names of the Lord$92116431 997 $aUNINA