Apophasis and Pseudonymity in Dionysius the Areopagite "No Longer I"

This book examines the writings of an early sixth-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 influenti...

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Main Author Stang, Charles M
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Oxford University Press 2012
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Oxford University Press USA - OSO
Edition1
SeriesOxford Early Christian Studies
Subjects
Christian Spirituality and Religious Experience
Christianity
Early Christianity
History
Neoplatonism
Other religious denominations and sects
Philosophy
Pseudo-Dionysius,-the Areopagite
Religion and Art, Literature, and Music
To 1500
Dionysius the Areopagite
Pseudo‐Dionysius
pseudonymity
apophatic anthropology
St. Paul
mysticism
Corpus Dionysiacum
apophasis
negative theology
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Summary:This book examines the writings of an early sixth-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 corpus.
ISBN:9780191634352
0191634352
0199640424
9780199640423
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199640423.001.0001