Egyptian light and Hebrew fire : theological and philosophical roots of Christendom in evolutionary perspective
Print Book, English, ©1991
State University of New York Press, Albany, ©1991
viii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780791409671, 9780791409688, 0791409678, 0791409686
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Prolegomena for methodological reorientation in the history and evolution of religions
Part 1: Egyptian light
Preface to Egyptian light
Heliopolitan theology: a reconstruction
Heliopolitan theology in the pyramid texts
Heliopolitan theology in the Coffin Texts
Other ancient Egyptian theologies
Part 2: Hebrew fire
Preface to Hebrew fire
The Monotheism of Moses
God and his created world
Against grand domestication
Israel's return to grand domestication
Universalistic Monotheism and Messianism
Part 3: The wisdom of Greece
Preface to the wisdom of Greece
From mythology to philosophy
Philosophy: from Thales to Anaxagoras
Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
The Neo-Egyptian philosophy of Plotinus
Neoplatonism: Ammonius and Plotinus
Part 4: The birth of Christendom
The kingdom of heaven at hand
Gnosis competition
The kingdom of heaven spreading
Bequest of the Mother Religion