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Clement of Alexandria

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Author: Eric Osborn, La Trobe University, Victoria

Date Published: November 2008
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521090810

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Clement of Alexandria (150SH215) lived and taught in the most vibrant intellectual centre of his day. This book offers a comprehensive account of how he joined the ideas of the New Testament to those of the classical world, as represented by Plato. Clement taught that God was active from the beginning to the end of human history and that a Christian life should move on from simple faith to knowledge and love. Clement perceived a sequence of relationships flowing from the transcendent deity: first, God and his word, the Son, secondly, God and the world, and finally, human beings and their neighbors.
- Osborn charts Clement of Alexandria's fusion of New Testament ideas with Plato's classical thought
- An unmissable account of this crucial stage in the development of New Testament theology
- A thorough examination of Clement of Alexandria's development of Platonism
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"This book deserves to be read widely, by patrologists, scholars of classical philosophy, historians of the early Church, theologians, and those working in related fields. Students of Clement, in particular, will be grateful for O's continued commitment to teach through writing."
Andrew Dinan, Ave Maria University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"This book is carefully argued and thoughtfully presented, although Osborn's prose, as in his other works, is often dense and demanding. The reader's efforts are, however, quickly and happily repaid." --Michael Heintz, University of Notre Dame: Religious Studies Review
"...for anyone who wants to see a prime example of how Greek philosophy was appropriated and transformed by early Christianity, the study of Clement of Alexandria will be rewarding."
Ancient Philosophy, Lynne Spellman, University of Arkansas
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Product details
- Date Published: November 2008
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521090810
- length: 344 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.5kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Life and works
Part I. Economy and Mobility:
2. Divine plan/economy and mobility
3. Scripture
4. Philo and Clement: from divine oracle to true philosophy
Part II. Divine Reciprocity:
5. God beyond God and God within God: the known centre of the unknown God
6. God beside God: the ellipse
Part III. Faith and Salvation:
7. The spark and ferment of faith (exc 1.1.3)
8. Arguments for faith
9. Knowledge, sciences and philosophy
10. Church and heresy
11. Twofold hope
12. Love and reciprocity
Conclusion
Appendix.
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Eric Osborn, La Trobe University, Victoria
Eric Osborn is honorary Professor in History, La Trobe University and Professor Fellow in Classics, University of Melbourne. His most recent publications include Irenaeus of Lyons (2001).