Interrelation of Platonic and Jewish-Christian Aspects of the Symbolism of the Cross in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, Church Fathers and Christian Iconography
Considering the symbolism of the cross in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, scholars interpreted it in terms of Platonic and Gnostic influences. In this article I made an attempt to demonstrate a more profound ancient mythological and Jewish-Christian mystical background of this symbolism, which...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2017
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Scrinium
Jahr: 2017, Band: 13, Heft: 1, Seiten: 309-338 |
| RelBib Classification: | CE Christliche Kunst KAB Kirchengeschichte 30-500; Frühchristentum NBK Soteriologie VA Philosophie |
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cross
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| Zusammenfassung: | Considering the symbolism of the cross in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, scholars interpreted it in terms of Platonic and Gnostic influences. In this article I made an attempt to demonstrate a more profound ancient mythological and Jewish-Christian mystical background of this symbolism, which can be traced later in Christian Patristic writings and iconographic patterns.
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| ISSN: | 1817-7565 |
| Enthält: | In: Scrinium
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18177565-00131p21 |