God’s Power and Powers in Philo of Alexandria

Jiří Hoblík, ‘God’s Power and Powers in Philo of Alexandria,’ in  Radka Fialová , Jiří Hoblík and Petr Kitzler, eds, Hellenism, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity.- (Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte 155; De Gruyter, 2023).

From the Introduction of this article: “In investigating some aspects of Philo’s thought, let us start with a question. How, in philosophical terms, can the theological concept of God’s power be grasped? Shall it be described simply as God’s superiority over human beings, or even over the world as a whole? Yet superiority means a position within a hierarchy and as such does not contribute to the understanding of power. In this paper, an attempt has been made to interpret the concept of power on the basis of Philo’s writings. Although it is nowhere explicitly defined, its specific features may be reconstructed. Among other things, special attention has been paid to the relationship between power and the Being, which is of a theo-cosmological character.”. . .

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110796285-002

Author: TorreyS

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