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Apophasis and pseudonymity in Dionysius the Areopagite : "no longer I" /

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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. This 'Pseudo'-Dionysius is famous for articulating a mystical theology in two parts: a sacramental and liturgical mys...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stang, Charles M., 1974-
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:Oxford early Christian studies.
Subjects:
Pseudo-Dionysius, > the Areopagite.
Pseudo-Dionysius, > the Areopagite
Neoplatonism.
Christianity > Philosophy > History > To 1500.
Néo-platonisme.
Neo-Platonism.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Systematic.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Christianity > Philosophy
Neoplatonism
To 1500
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Ancient and Modern Readers of the Corpus Dionysiacum: Pseudonymity and Paul
  • Pseudonymous Writing in the Late Antique Christian East
  • "I rejoice to see your order": Paul and the Dionysian Hierarchies
  • "To an Unknown God": Paul and Mystical Union
  • "No Longer I": The Apophatic Anthropology of Dionysius the Areopagite
  • Conclusion: The Pseudonym, Revisited.