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The Demiurge in Ancient Thought: Secondary Gods and Divine Mediators O'Brien, Carl Sean (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg, Germany)
The Demiurge in Ancient Thought: Secondary Gods and Divine Mediators
O'Brien, Carl Sean (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg, Germany)
A lucid and wide-ranging book arguing that the concept of the Demiurge, or Craftsman-god, first advanced by Plato's Timaeus, was highly influential on the many discussions of world-generation operating in Middle Platonist, Gnostic, Hermetic and Christian contexts in the first three centuries AD, until its demise in Neoplatonism.
349 pages, 1 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 8, 2018 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107428096 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 350 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 241 × 20 mm · 510 g |
| Language | English |