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Origen and the Life of the Stars: A History of an Idea (Oxford Early Christian Studies)
Origen and the Life of the Stars A History of an Idea - Oxford Early Christian Studies
Author: Alan Scott
From the days of antiquity to the time of the Middle Ages, intellectuals have widely assumed that stars were alive, a belief that gave the cosmos an important position not only in Greek religion, but also in discussions of human psychology and eschatology. In the third century AD, the Christian theologian Origen included such Hellenistic theori...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198263616
ISBN-10: 0198263619
Publication Date: 1/25/1994
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Clarendon Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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