Clement of Alexandria's Reinterpretation of Divine Providence : The Christianization of the Hellenistic Idea of Pronoia

Ewing, Jon D./ Ludwig, Eugene M. (FRW)

Edwin Mellen Press Ltd（2008/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780773450363
• DDC分類 231.5092

Full Description

This work examines the ways in which the early Christian author, Clement of Alexandria, was able to creatively synthesize disparate Biblical, Hellenistic Jewish, Platonic and Stoic understandings of the concept of divine providence. After an initial look at Clement's socio-historical environment, the study focuses on specific conceptual development of providence [[pi][rho]o[nu]o[iota][alpha]] and how this term was utilized and understood in its respective milieux.

Contents

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Editorial Notes; Introduction; 1. Historical Background and Setting: Christian Diffusion in 2nd Century (AD) Alexandria; 2. The Terminology and Conception of Providence [[PI]PONOIA] In Septuagint (LXX); 3. The Understanding of Providence in Hellenistic Judaism; 4. Hellenistic Philosophical Conceptions of Providence Prior to, and Contemporaneous with, Clement of Alexandria; 5. Providence in the Era of the New Testament and Early Christian Apologism (c. AD 50-180); 6. Clementine Providence: Continuities and Distinctions; 7. The Patristic Reception of the Clementine Contribution; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.