Alexandrine Teaching on the Universe

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-89260-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

Originally published in 1932, this book is based on a series of lectures delivered in Cambridge in 1931. The views of the universe as held by the great teachers of Ancient Alexandria are discussed: Philo, Clement, Origen, Plotinus and the Gnostics are considered and their outlook compared and contrasted with certain phases of early 20th Century scientific opinion.

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Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tollinton, R. B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Gnosis, Gnostizismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Transcendence 2. Mediation 3. The Universe 4. Man.

Über Autor(innen)

R.B. Tollinton was educated at Oxford and Dublin universities. He was ordained in 1892. He was editor of the Chelmsford Diocesan Chronicle from 1915-1926 and was made Hon. Canon of Chelmsford in 1919. He died in 1932.