title: Rational theology: The case of Philo of Alexandria
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metadata.value: Svetlov, Roman V.
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metadata.value: 2020-05-07T12:24:16Z
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metadata.value: 2020-05-07T12:24:16Z
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metadata.value: 2020-03
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metadata.value: Svetlov R. V. Rational theology: The case of Philo of Alexandria. Issues of Theology, 2020, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 65–74.
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metadata.value: http://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2020.104
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17555
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metadata.value: The phenomenon of rational theology arises at the moment when there is a need to
  adapt traditional or new religious ideas to contemporary and characteristic intellectual
  practices. The case of Philo of Alexandria can serve as a good example of
  what happens when two different cultural traditions begin the mutual translation
  of discourses. We analyze how this affects the most important theological concepts
  of Philo on the basis of the treatise De opificio mundi. We pay attention to three
  points: 1. Philo’s assessment of the cosmogonic and historical narrative of Moses
  as a metaphysical prologue to his legislation; 2. Philo’s interpretation of natural law
  and natural being as an allegory of metaphysical and moral law; 3. Aristotle’s “motives”
  in Philo’s description of the activities of God the Creator. It can be concluded
  that Philo interprets the Greek philosophical language as a completely acceptable
  way of reading both the laws of nature and the Jewish Scriptures (he explains this
  through the “borrowing hypothesis”). As a result, the legislation of Moses appears
  to be included in the structure of the ancient universe reformed by Philo. Greek
  philosophical discourse is interpreted as one of the manifestations of Divine Revelation
  — a point of view that will later be inherent in some early Christian authors
  (for example, Clement of Alexandria).
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Issues of Theology;Volume 2; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: rational theology
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Philo of Alexandria
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Aristotelianism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Platonism exegetics
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Old Testament
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Rational theology: The case of Philo of Alexandria
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metadata.value: Article
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