The divine father : : religious and philosophical concepts of divine parenthood in antiquity / / edited by Felix Albrecht and Reinhard Feldmeier.

• Superior document: Themes in Biblical Narrative, Volume 18
• TeilnehmendeR: Albrecht, Felix.; Feldmeier, Reinhard.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Themes in biblical narrative ; v. 18.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (440 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The present volume is devoted to the theme of \'Divine Father\' in Second Temple Jewish and early Christian tradition and in its ancient pagan contexts. It brings together proceedings of a conference under the same title, held in Göttingen in September 2011. Selected articles by well-known scholars focus on religious and philosophical concepts of divine parenthood in antiquity, from the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism (the Dead Sea Scrolls, Targums, Philo and Josephus) to the field of the New Testament. In addition, the volume deals with the designation of deity as \'father\' or \'mother\' from the broad spectrum of ancient Egypt and classical antiquity (Homer, Hesiod, Plato, and its reception) to late antiquity (Plotinus and Porphyry).

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Reinhard Feldmeier -- Father of the Fathers, Mother of the Mothers. God as Father (and Mother) in Ancient Egypt / Alexandra von Lieven -- „Vater Zeus“ im griechischen Epos / Heinz-Günther Nesselrath -- Gott als Vater und Schöpfer. Zur Rezeption von Timaios 28c3–5 bei einigen Platonikern / Franco Ferrari -- The “Father” of the Old Testament and Its History / Hermann Spieckermann -- Divine Sonship in the Book of Jubilees / Jacques van Ruiten -- God as Father in Texts from Qumran / Lutz Doering -- God as Father in the Pentateuchal Targumim / Robert Hayward -- „Vater Gott und seine Kinder und Frauen“ / Beatrice Wyss -- God the Father in Flavius Josephus / Mladen Popović -- „Vater . . .“. Zur Bedeutung der Anrede Gottes als Vater in den Gebeten der Jesusüberlieferung / Florian Wilk -- Is God the Father of Jews only, or also of Gentiles? The Peculiar Shape of Paul’s “Universalism” / Ross Wagner -- Kyrios Christos und Gottvater. Christi Herrschaft und Gottes Vaterschaft im Philipperhymnus / Reinhard Feldmeier -- Dominus Deus, Pater Omnipotens. Die göttlichen Verheißungen . von 2Kor 6,16–18 / Felix Albrecht -- The Divine Father of the Universe from the Presocratics to Celsus: The Graeco-Roman Background to the “Father of All” in Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians / George H. van Kooten -- God the Father and Other Parents in the New Testament / Jane Heath -- The Divine Father in the Gospel of Truth (NHC I,3): God as causa efficiens and causa finalis / Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta -- Gott als Vater bei Plotin und Porphyrios / Ilinca Tanaseanu-Döbler -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Ancient Names -- Index of Modern Names -- Index of Places.