ISBN10: 0195076648, ISBN13: 9780195076646, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. "Dionysius the Areopagite" is the biblical name chosen by the pseudonymous author of an influential body of Christian theological texts, dating from around 500 C.E. The Celestial Hierarchy, The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, The Divine Names, and The Mystical Theology offer a synthesis of biblical interpretation, liturgical spirituality, and Neoplatonic philosophy. Their central motif, which has made them the charter of Christianmysticism, is the upward progress of the soul toward God through the spiritual interpretation of the Bible and the liturgy. Dionysius continually reminds his readers, however, that all human concepts fall short of the transcendence of God andmust therefore be abandoned in negotiations and silence. In this book, Rorem provides a commentary on all of the Dionysian writings, chapter by chapter, and examines especially their complex inner coherence. The Dionysian influence on medieval theology is introduced in essays on specific topics: hierarchy, biblical symbolism, angels, Gothic architecture, liturgical allegory, the scholastic doctrine of God, and the mystical theology of the western Middle Ages. Rorem's book makes these texts moreaccessible to both scholars and students and includes a comprehensive bibliography of secondary sources. Dionysius the Areopagite is the pseudonymous author of an influential body of early ...
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New York, NY Oxford University Press, USA 1993 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 288 p.

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New York, NY Oxford University Press, USA 1993 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 288 p.

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Oxford U P, Date: 1993. ~Sticker to spine of dustwrapper and 'withdrawn' stamp to front endpage, otherwise no ownership marks. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. xiii, 267pp. With dustwrapper. Binding sound, text unmarked. 1993. Oxford U P ISBN 0195076648 9780195076646 [GB]