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The Seventh Book of the Stromateis
Proceedings of the Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (Olomouc, October 21-23, 2010)
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Edited by:
Matyáš Havrda
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English
Published/Copyright:
2012
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The seventh book of the Stromateis is the culmination of Clement of Alexandria's ethic. Introduced as an apology of the piety of the perfect Christian (the 'gnostic'), it broaches such topics as divine pedagogy, angelology, superstition, prayer, assimilation to God, martyrdom, eschatology, and the criteria of orthodoxy. This volume contains sixteen studies dealing with all major themes of the seventh book and the method of their presentation. It includes a Clementine bibliography of the last fifteen years and two appendices concerned with Clement's 'Hymn to Christ the Saviour.' The publication may serve as a companion to the reader of Stromateis VII and as a compendium of contemporary scholarship dealing with major aspects of Clement's thought in general.
Author / Editor information
Matyáš Havrda, Ph.D. (2000) in Philosophy, Charles University Prague, is Researcher at Humboldt University Berlin and Palacký University Olomouc. His publications include articles on Valentinian gnosticism, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, and Galen, and a commented Czech translation of the fifth book of the Stromateis.
Vít Hušek, Th.D. (2004) in Systematic Theology, Palacký University Olomouc, is Assistant Professor and Researcher at Palacký University Olomouc. He has published articles on doctrine of grace in Latin patristics.
Jana Plátová, Ph.D. (2007) in Classical Philology, Masaryk University Brno, is Assistant Professor and Researcher at Palacký University Olomouc. Her publications include articles on Clement of Alexandria´s commentary on Scripture, and a Czech translation of the Stromateis (books I and III).
Vít Hušek, Th.D. (2004) in Systematic Theology, Palacký University Olomouc, is Assistant Professor and Researcher at Palacký University Olomouc. He has published articles on doctrine of grace in Latin patristics.
Jana Plátová, Ph.D. (2007) in Classical Philology, Masaryk University Brno, is Assistant Professor and Researcher at Palacký University Olomouc. Her publications include articles on Clement of Alexandria´s commentary on Scripture, and a Czech translation of the Stromateis (books I and III).
Reviews
"This edited collection brings together seventeen contibutions held to a high standard, and it is definitely recommended for purchase by theological libraries." – David Neal Greenwood, University of Edinburgh, in: Journal of Ecclesiastical History 65/2 (2014)
"...richness [...] of papers in this book, which both testifies and contributes to the flourishing of contemporary academic research on Clement of Alexandria." – Jane Heath, Durham University, in: Expository Times 125/6 (May 2014)
"...richness [...] of papers in this book, which both testifies and contributes to the flourishing of contemporary academic research on Clement of Alexandria." – Jane Heath, Durham University, in: Expository Times 125/6 (May 2014)
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September 6, 2012
eBook ISBN:
9789004233898
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9789004233898
Keywords for this book
epistemology; doctrine; philosophy; piety; superstition; prayer; heresiology; exegesis; biblical; Early Christianity; ethics
Audience(s) for this book
Those interested in the relations between philosophy, religion and rhetoric in Antiquity, the history of prayer, superstition, spiritual progress, providence, ecclesiology, angelology, eschatology, heresiology, Christian epistemology and ethics, and biblical exegesis.
