{"product_id":"gnosis-theophany-theosis-gerald-bray-9780820461441","title":"Gnosis, Theophany, Theosis: Studies in Clement of Alexandria's Appropriation of His Background","description":"\u003ci\u003eGnosis, Theophany, Theosis\u003c\/i\u003e comprises three case studies of Clement's interaction with the heterogeneous traditions integral to his Alexandrian background: Basilidean and Valentinian metaphysics of the Christ-event; Philo's Scripture exegesis; and Hellenistic ethical theory based on Aristotle's concept of \u003ci\u003etelos\u003c\/i\u003e. This book focuses on the three respective representative objects of interpretation that Clement shared with those traditions, namely: the rite of Christian initiation; Scripture narratives of primordial creation and God's revelation to Abram; and the Middle Platonic idea of human \u003ci\u003etelos\u003c\/i\u003e as  assimilation to God.  By going back to the respective interpretations of these objects by those traditions, and then forth to Clement's appropriation of those interpretations, \u003ci\u003eGnosis, Theophany, Theosis\u003c\/i\u003e presents him as a creative theologian and lays bare the inner structure of his synthesis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald Bray, Arkadi Choufrine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082046144X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820461441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Gerald Bray","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926519546111,"sku":"9780820461441","price":101.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3b3d1307-277a-4e42-aeaf-e1c1f18f81d7.jpg?v=1681083515","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gnosis-theophany-theosis-gerald-bray-9780820461441","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}