03280cam a2200409 a 4500 ocn191184605 OCoLC 20110718134608.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu co cga---uuuuu 080125s2006 enk sb 001 0 eng d 9781435624160 (electronic bk.) 1435624165 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)191184605 N$T eng N$T YDXCP OCLCQ CNNA BR65.C66 H34 2006eb 230/.13092 22 Hägg, Henny Fiskå. Clement of Alexandria and the beginnings of Christian apophaticism [electronic resource] / Henny Fiskå Hägg. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. 1 online resource (xii, 314 p.) Oxford early Christian studies Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-295) and indexes. Introduction -- Clement : Christian writer in second century Alexandria -- Alexandria : the social, cultural and religious world -- The origins of Alexandrian Christianity -- Clement in Alexandria : life, works and audience -- The concept of God in middle platonism -- The middle platonists, who were they? -- Main topics of middle platonic philosophy -- Theocentricity and the platonic background -- Alcinous, Numenius, and Atticus as sources for the middle platonic doctrine of the divine -- Hierarchy or levels of being -- Ineffability, divine attributes and the knowledge of God -- The question of transcendence -- Clement's method of concealment -- Esotericism and the 'secret Gospel of Mark' -- Esotericism and concealment -- Theory of symbolism : the inadequacy of language -- Esoteric knowledge and gnosis -- Clement's concept of God (i) : the apophatic essence of the Father -- The dilemma of transcendence : the ineffability of God -- The essence of God -- Clement's concept of God (ii) : the son as logos -- The doctrine of the logos -- The generation and incarnation of the logos -- Unity and distinction -- The knowledge of God -- The concept of knowledge -- The one and the one-many -- The Via Negativa -- The son as the revealer of the father : the kataphatic way -- The son as the dynamis of God -- Apophaticism and the distinction between essence and power -- Historical sketch -- The distinction between essence and dynamis -- Concluding remarks -- The reception of Clement -- Clement's contribution to apophatic theology. Description based on print version record. Clement, of Alexandria, Saint, ca. 150-ca. 215. Negative theology Christianity History of doctrines. Clément, d'Alexandrie, saint, ca 150-ca 215. Théologie négative Christianisme Histoire des doctrines. Electronic books. local Print version: Hägg, Henny Fiskå. Clement of Alexandria and the beginnings of Christian apophaticism. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0199288089 9780199288083 (DLC) 2006006745 (OCoLC)64510427 NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=215340 YBP Library Services YANK 2763660 92 CNNEG 45694 45668 0 0 lcc 0 0 CPL CPL 2010-04-27 Net Library 0 BR65.C66 H34 2006eb 2010-04-27 00:00:00 2010-04-27 EB