Metaphors of Closeness:

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" Metaphors of Closeness: "
Christoph Jedan

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1079127
Doc. No	:	LA122756
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15685276-12341252‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Christoph Jedan
Title & Author	:	Metaphors of Closeness: [Article] : Reflections on Homoiôsis Theôi in Ancient Philosophy and Beyond\ Christoph Jedan
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Numen
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	60/1
Page No	:	54–70
Abstract	:	It is often assumed that a single, diachronically persistent motif of imitating god can be identified in Ancient philosophy and early Christianity. The present article takes issue with this assumption and seeks to establish the conceptual framework for a more sophisticated discussion of homoiôsis. The article identifies eight crucial junctures at which homoiôsis stories can diverge. For all the variance of homoiôsis narratives, the category of imitation of the divine remains a useful analytical tool. The article supports this claim by a comparison of Platonic and Stoic narratives of homoiôsis. It established their distinctness and shows how the rhetoric of imitating the divine offers important linguistic markers that allow us to trace the transgressive potential of (ancient) theologies. It is often assumed that a single, diachronically persistent motif of imitating god can be identified in Ancient philosophy and early Christianity. The present article takes issue with this assumption and seeks to establish the conceptual framework for a more sophisticated discussion of homoiôsis. The article identifies eight crucial junctures at which homoiôsis stories can diverge. For all the variance of homoiôsis narratives, the category of imitation of the divine remains a useful analytical tool. The article supports this claim by a comparison of Platonic and Stoic narratives of homoiôsis. It established their distinctness and shows how the rhetoric of imitating the divine offers important linguistic markers that allow us to trace the transgressive potential of (ancient) theologies.
Descriptor	:	Godlikeness
Descriptor	:	homoiôsis theôi
Descriptor	:	imitation of god
Descriptor	:	Plato
Descriptor	:	Stoics
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15685276-12341252‬