Apophatic and Anthropomorphic Visions of God in Philo of Alexandria

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dc.contributor.authorMackie, Scott D.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-05T21:38:45Z
dc.date.available2023-11-05T21:38:45Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractDespite his core theological convictions that God is incorporeal, formless, invisible, and unchangeable, in some of his most carefully crafted visio Dei texts Philo portrays God “changing shape” and temporarily adopting a human form. However, these are only “seeming appearances” and actually involve God projecting a human-shaped “impression,” or “appearance” (φαντασία) from his shapeless, immaterial being. By accommodating the overwhelming reality of God’s being to the perceptual and conceptual limitations of the human percipient, these docetic theophanies allow humans to more confidently relate to the deity, while at the same time preserving God’s absolute transcendence and apophatic otherness.
dc.identifier.citation"Verbum Vitae", 2023, T. 41, nr 3, s. 529-546
dc.identifier.doi10.31743/vv.16317
dc.identifier.issn1644-8561
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/5971
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo KUL
dc.rightsAttribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectPhilo of Alexandria
dc.subjectapophaticism
dc.subjectnegative theology
dc.subjectanthropomorphism
dc.subjecttranscendence
dc.subjectineffability
dc.subjecttheophany
dc.subjectvisions of God
dc.subjectmysticism
dc.subjectallegorical interpretation
dc.titleApophatic and Anthropomorphic Visions of God in Philo of Alexandria
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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