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Author: Dylan M. Burns Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN: 0812245792 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 341
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In the second century, Platonist and Judeo-Christian thought were sufficiently friendly that a Greek philosopher could declare, "What is Plato but Moses speaking Greek?" Four hundred years later, a Christian emperor had ended the public teaching of subversive Platonic thought. When and how did this philosophical rupture occur? Dylan M. Burns argues that the fundamental break occurred in Rome, ca. 263, in the circle of the great mystic Plotinus, author of the Enneads. Groups of controversial Christian metaphysicians called Gnostics ("knowers") frequented his seminars, disputed his views, and then disappeared from the history of philosophy—until the 1945 discovery, at Nag Hammadi, Egypt, of codices containing Gnostic literature, including versions of the books circulated by Plotinus's Christian opponents. Blending state-of-the-art Greek metaphysics and ecstatic Jewish mysticism, these texts describe techniques for entering celestial realms, participating in the angelic liturgy, confronting the transcendent God, and even becoming a divine being oneself. They also describe the revelation of an alien God to his elect, a race of "foreigners" under the protection of the patriarch Seth, whose interventions will ultimately culminate in the end of the world. Apocalypse of the Alien God proposes a radical interpretation of these long-lost apocalypses, placing them firmly in the context of Judeo-Christian authorship rather than ascribing them to a pagan offshoot of Gnosticism. According to Burns, this Sethian literature emerged along the fault lines between Judaism and Christianity, drew on traditions known to scholars from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Enochic texts, and ultimately catalyzed the rivalry of Platonism with Christianity. Plunging the reader into the culture wars and classrooms of the high Empire, Apocalypse of the Alien God offers the most concrete social and historical description available of any group of Gnostic Christians as it explores the intersections of ancient Judaism, Christianity, Hellenism, myth, and philosophy.
Author: Dylan M. Burns Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN: 0812245792 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 341
Book Description
In the second century, Platonist and Judeo-Christian thought were sufficiently friendly that a Greek philosopher could declare, "What is Plato but Moses speaking Greek?" Four hundred years later, a Christian emperor had ended the public teaching of subversive Platonic thought. When and how did this philosophical rupture occur? Dylan M. Burns argues that the fundamental break occurred in Rome, ca. 263, in the circle of the great mystic Plotinus, author of the Enneads. Groups of controversial Christian metaphysicians called Gnostics ("knowers") frequented his seminars, disputed his views, and then disappeared from the history of philosophy—until the 1945 discovery, at Nag Hammadi, Egypt, of codices containing Gnostic literature, including versions of the books circulated by Plotinus's Christian opponents. Blending state-of-the-art Greek metaphysics and ecstatic Jewish mysticism, these texts describe techniques for entering celestial realms, participating in the angelic liturgy, confronting the transcendent God, and even becoming a divine being oneself. They also describe the revelation of an alien God to his elect, a race of "foreigners" under the protection of the patriarch Seth, whose interventions will ultimately culminate in the end of the world. Apocalypse of the Alien God proposes a radical interpretation of these long-lost apocalypses, placing them firmly in the context of Judeo-Christian authorship rather than ascribing them to a pagan offshoot of Gnosticism. According to Burns, this Sethian literature emerged along the fault lines between Judaism and Christianity, drew on traditions known to scholars from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Enochic texts, and ultimately catalyzed the rivalry of Platonism with Christianity. Plunging the reader into the culture wars and classrooms of the high Empire, Apocalypse of the Alien God offers the most concrete social and historical description available of any group of Gnostic Christians as it explores the intersections of ancient Judaism, Christianity, Hellenism, myth, and philosophy.
Author: Frank Morin Publisher: LifeRich Publishing ISBN: 1489702121 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 74
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My book is an informative and interesting collection of questions that are asked by more and more people concerning aliens, extraterrestrials, and all the entities that humans call gods. In antiquity, humans called any entity with superior knowledge or abilities a god. In the present time, humans also call aliens and extraterrestrials gods. In my book I discuss and explain why there are aliens and why there are extraterrestrials. I explain where they come from and why they are here. I discuss topics that people have questions about but have no explanation as to why the events are happening. I also briefly discuss two other topics in my book. I discuss the fact that humans are extraterrestrials, and I also explore the phenomena of animal mutilations. I bet a lot of people don’t realize that humans are extraterrestrials. I believe that when you finish reading this book and you seriously ponder the material, one word will come to mind: wow!
Author: Greg Bear Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 1497607205 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 433
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This doomsday masterpiece from the author of Eon and Hull Zero Three was a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula awards. On July 26, Arthur Gordon learns that Europa, the sixth moon of Jupiter, has disappeared. Not hiding, not turned black, but gone. On September 28th, Edward Shaw finds an error in the geological records of Death Valley. A cinder cone was left off the map. Could it be new? Or, stranger yet, could it be artificial? The answer may be lying beside it—a dying Guest who brings devastating news for Edward and for Planet Earth. As more unexplained phenomena spring up around the globe—a granite mountain appearing in Australia, sounds emanating from the earth’s core, flashes of light among the asteroids—it becomes clear to some that the end is approaching, and there is nothing we can do. In The Forge of God, award-winning author Greg Bear describes the final days of the world on both a massive, scientific scale and in the everyday, emotional context of individual human lives. Facing the destruction of all they know, some people turn to God, others to their families, and a few turn to saviors promising escape from a planet being torn apart. Will they make it in time? And who gets left behind to experience the last moments of beauty and chaos on earth? Nominated for the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards, The Forge of God is an engrossing read, breathtaking in its scope and in its detail.
Author: David C. Flynn Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781517785253 Category : Languages : en Pages : 584
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This is the complete Trilogy containing our entire line in one binding. In short; a truly original concept for a space opera. The first book, "Search for the Alien God" is SciFi that merges in eschatology. Aliens come looking for God, but the demons attack their crew. "Dangerous Alien Robot" is where the alien's transcendental robot army strikes back and invades Hell. "Battle of the Queens" is the story of the alien's attempt to evangelize space, using these self-aware robots that can bend physics and fight demons that they can actually see. This story is very different than you are used to seeing. It's not another dystopian tale about vampires, zombies, or a crazy all-controlling government. We carefully crafted this tale based upon what many people actually DO believe. We have worked very hard to keep our science accurate, and our theology is guided by a team of theologians and multiple layers of editors and galley reviews of first prints. Three artists contribute to the renderings within. We're not for everyone, but we have no imitators...anywhere.
Author: Alexander Kulik Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0190863072 Category : Bibles Languages : en Pages : 559
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The Jewish culture of the Hellenistic and early Roman periods established a basis for all monotheistic religions, but its main sources have been preserved to a great degree through Christian transmission. This Guide is devoted to problems of preservation, reception, and transformation of Jewish texts and traditions of the Second Temple period in the many Christian milieus from the ancient world to the late medieval era. It approaches this corpus not as an artificial collection of reconstructed texts--a body of hypothetical originals--but rather from the perspective of the preserved materials, examined in their religious, social, and political contexts. It also considers the other, non-Christian, channels of the survival of early Jewish materials, including Rabbinic, Gnostic, Manichaean, and Islamic. This unique project brings together scholars from many different fields in order to map the trajectories of early Jewish texts and traditions among diverse later cultures. It also provides a comprehensive and comparative introduction to this new field of study while bridging the gap between scholars of early Judaism and of medieval Christianity.
Author: Colin McAllister Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108422705 Category : Bibles Languages : en Pages : 375
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Apocalytic literature has addressed human concerns for over two millennia. This volume surveys the source texts, their reception, and relevance.
Author: Raymond Burt Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 9781446192566 Category : Languages : en Pages : 310
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An adventurous ride through the universe and time, as our character gets abducted by aliens whose strange actions and sense of humor leads to weird revelations about them and us.
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