This volume critically re-evaluates the received interpretation of the nature of light in the ancient sources. The view that vision had priority over light is rejected in favour of a luminocentric reading of philosophical and theological cosmology in late antiquity.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Katsos, Isidoros
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| Corporate Authors: |
University of Cambridge. Grad-verleihende Institution
(Degree granting institution)
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Oxford University Press. Verlag
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| Format: | Electronic
Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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| Published: |
Oxford
Oxford University Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
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| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Katsos, Isidoros, The metaphysics of light in hexaemeral literature : from Philo of Alexandria to Gregory of Nyssa] (2024) (Turbinton, Taman)
[Rezension von: Katsos, Isidoros, The metaphysics of light in hexaemeral literature : from Philo of Alexandria to Gregory of Nyssa] (2025) (Behr, John, 1966 -)
[Rezension von: Katsos, Isidoros, The metaphysics of light in hexaemeral literature : from Philo of Alexandria to Gregory of Nyssa] (2024) (Scott, Nathan A., 1925 - 2006)
[Rezension von: Katsos, Isidoros, The metaphysics of light in hexaemeral literature : from Philo of Alexandria to Gregory of Nyssa] (2024) (Pierce, Alexander H.)
[Rezension von: Katsos, Isidoros, The metaphysics of light in hexaemeral literature : from Philo of Alexandria to Gregory of Nyssa] (2024) (Ramelli, Ilaria L.E.)
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| Edition: | First edition |
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| Series/Journal: | Oxford early Christian studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Light (Motif)
/ Bible. Genesis 1,1-2,4
/ Patristic theology
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| Further subjects: | B
Light
Religious aspects
Christianity
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Religion & beliefs
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Bible. Genesis
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History Early church, ca. 30-600
B
Light
Biblical teaching
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Light
History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600
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Creation
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Religion
B
Christian literature, Early
History and criticism
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Metaphysics
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Thesis
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Bible. Genesis
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
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Philosophy and religion
History
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| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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