{"product_id":"on-the-christian-religion-marsilio-ficino-9781487543549","title":"On the Christian Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first translation into English of Marsilio Ficino's \u003ci\u003eDe Christiana religione\u003c\/i\u003e, a text first written in Latin in 1474, the year after its author's ordination in the Roman Catholic Church. \u003ci\u003eOn the Christian Religion\u003c\/i\u003e is this Florentine humanist's attempt to lay out the history of the religion of Christ, the \u003ci\u003eLogos\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Word\" or \"Reason\"), in accordance with the doctrines of ancient philosophy. The work -focuses on how Christ in his pre-incarnate form was revealed as much to certain ancient pagan sages and prophets as to those of the Old Testament, and how both groups played an equal role in foreshadowing the ultimate fulfilment of all the world's religions in Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first part elucidates the history of the \u003ci\u003eprisca theologia\u003c\/i\u003e - the ancient theology - a single natural religion shared by the likes of Zoroaster, Hermes Trismegistus, Orpheus, Aglaophemus, Pythagoras, and Plato, and how it was fulfilled by Christ's Incarnation and the spread of his Church through his apostles. The second part of the work, however, constitutes a series of attacks against the ways in which the books of the Old Testament were variously interpreted by Islamic and, more importantly, Jewish sages who threatened Ficino's own Christological interpretations of Scripture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new English translation includes an introduction that situates the text within the broader scope of Ficino's intellectual activity and historical context. The book allows us to encounter a more nuanced image of Ficino, that of him as a theologian, historian, and anti-Jewish, anti-Islamic, anti-pagan polemicist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marsilio Ficino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487543549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487543549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.06w x 1.02d","brand":"Marsilio Ficino","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073706848511,"sku":"9781487543549","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_48a2c2ae-1ecb-4e09-a914-e8e95a91352f.jpg?v=1685449420","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-christian-religion-marsilio-ficino-9781487543549","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}