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Title

The divine father : religious and philosophical concepts of divine parenthood in antiquity / edited by Felix Albrecht and Reinhard Feldmeier.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

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Additional Authors

• Albrecht, Felix.
• Feldmeier, Reinhard.

Description

vi, 431 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"The present volume is devoted to the theme of 'Divine Father' in ancient traditions. It brings together proceedings of a conference under the same title, held in Göttingen in September 2011. Selected articles by well-known scholars focus on religious and philosophical concepts of divine parenthood in antiquity, from the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism (the Dead Sea Scrolls, Targums, Philo and Josephus) to the field of the New Testament. In addition, the volume deals with the designation of deity as 'father' or 'mother' from the broad spectrum of ancient Egypt and classical antiquity (Homer, Hesiod, Plato, and its reception) to late antiquity (Plotinus and Porphyry)"--Page 4 of cover.

Series Statement

Themes in biblical narrative: Jewish and Christian traditions, 1388-3909 ; volume 18

Uniform Title

Themes in biblical narrative ; v. 18.

Subject

God > Fatherhood > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language (note)

• Text in English and German.

Contents

Introduction / Reinhard Feldmeier -- pt. 1. Pagan religions. Father of the fathers, mother of the mothers, god as father (and mother) in ancient Egypt / Alexandra von Lieven -- "Vater Zeus" im griechischen Epos / Heinz-Günther Nesselrath -- Gott als Vater und Schöpfer: zur Rezeption von Timaios 28c3-5 bei einigen Platonikern / Franco Ferrari -- pt. 2. Hebrew Bible and ancient Judaism. The "father" of the Old Testament and its history / Hermann Spieckermann -- Divine sonship in the book of Jubilees / Jacques van Ruiten -- God as father in texts from Qumran / Lutz Doering -- God as father in the Pentateuchal Targumim / Robert Hayward -- "Vater Gott und seine Kinder und Frauen" / Beatrice Wyss -- God the father in Flavius Josephus / Mladen Popović -- pt. 3. New Testament. "Vater ... ": zur Bedeutung der Anrede Gottes als Vater in den Gebeten der Jesusüberlieferung / Florian Wilk -- Is God the father of Jews only, or also of Gentiles? : the peculiar shape of Paul's "universalism" / Ross Wagner -- Kyrios Christos und Gottvater: Christi Herrschaft und Gottes Vaterschaft im Philipperhymnus / Reinhard Feldmeier -- Dominus Deus, Pater Omnipotens: die göttlichen Verheissungen von 2Kor 6,16-18 / Felix Albrecht -- The divine father of the universe from the Presocratics to Celsus: the Graeco-Roman background to the "father of all" in Paul's letter to the Ephesians / George H. van Kooten -- God the father and other parents in the New Testament / Jane Heath -- pt. 4. Late antiquity. The divine father in the Gospel of Truth (NHC I,3): God as causa efficiens and causa finalis / Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta -- Gott als Vater bei Plotin und Porphyrios / Ilinca Tanaseanu-Döbler.

Call Number

JFE 16-4250

ISBN

• 9789004256255
• 9004256253
• 9789004264779 (canceled/invalid)
• 9004264779 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013040603

OCLC

864429108

Title

The divine father : religious and philosophical concepts of divine parenthood in antiquity / edited by Felix Albrecht and Reinhard Feldmeier.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Themes in biblical narrative: Jewish and Christian traditions, 1388-3909 ; volume 18

Themes in biblical narrative ; v. 18.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language

Text in English and German.

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Added Author

Albrecht, Felix.

Feldmeier, Reinhard.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-4250