Apophasis and pseudonymity in Dionysius the Areopagite 'no longer I'

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stang, Charles M., 1974- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2012.
Oxford : 2012.
Series:Oxford early Christian studies.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009425007306719
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.