Apophasis and pseudonymity in Dionysius the Areopagite : : 'no longer I' / / Charles M. Stang.

This text examines the writings of an early 6th century Christian mystical theologian who wrote under the name of a convert of the apostle Paul, Dionysius the Areopagite, and argues that the pseudonym and the corresponding influence of Paul are the crucial lens through which to read this influential...

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Superior document:Oxford early Christian studies
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Oxford early Christian studies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 236 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction--1. Ancient and Modern Readers of the Corpus Dionysiacum: Pseudonymity and Paul
  • 2. Pseudonymous Writing in the Late Antique Christian East
  • 3. "I rejoice to see your order": Paul and the Dionysian Hierarchies
  • 4. "To an Unknown God": Paul and Mystical Union
  • 5. "No Longer I": The Apophatic Anthropology of Dionysius the Areopagite
  • Conclusion: The Pseudonym, Revisited; Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index.