Seeing the God : : Ways of Envisioning the Divine in Ancient Mediterranean Religion / / ed. by Jeffrey B. Pettis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Calaway, Jared ,; Calaway, Jared C.,; French, Todd ,; French, Todd,; Lillie, Celene ,; Lillie, Celene,; McGuckin, John A.,; Mcguckin, John A.,; Pettis, Jeff,; Pettis, Jeffrey B.,; Trostyanskiy, Sergey,
• HerausgeberIn: Pettis, Jeffrey B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; INTRODUCTION --; SEEING THE GOD IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD --; VISIONS AND VIOLENCE: SEEING GOD IN THE NAG HAMMADI CODICES1 --; SEEING THE DIVINE IN PLATONISM; PLATO AND PLOTINUS --; SEEING THE GOD AND EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE --; TO SEE GOD AND LIVE IN LATE ANTIQUE JUDAISM --; SEEING THE GOD IN THE SYRIAC TRADITION --; SEEING DIVINE THINGS IN BYZANTINE CHRISTIANITY
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463234881; 9783111024141; 9783110663037; 9783110716849
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463234881
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Jeffrey B. Pettis.

"When people prayed, they expected their gods to come," wrote Robin Lane Fox, providing the impetus for this volume of collected essays exploring the concept of how the ancients “envisioned” the deities within various ancient religious traditions. The perspectives of Judaism, Gnosticism, Syriac Christianity, Byzantium, and Classical Greco-Roman religion and philosophy are considered. Specific emphasis is given to phenomena such as dreams, visions, and initiatory rites mediating the divine encounter.