{"product_id":"gods-acting-mans-acting-tradition-and-philosophy-in-philo-of-alexandria-9789004162709","title":"God's Acting, Man's Acting: Tradition and Philosophy in Philo of Alexandria","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Francesca Calabi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Judaism - History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe topic tackled in this book is Philo's account of the complex, double-sided nature of God's acting - the two-sided coin of God as transcendent yet immanent, unknowable yet revealed, immobile yet creating - and also the two sides of acting in humans - who, in an attempt to imitate God, both contemplate and produce.\u003cbr\u003e In both contexts, divine and human, Philo considers that it would not be proper to give precedence to either side - the result would be barren. God's acting and man's acting are at the same time both speculative and practical, and it is precisely out of this co-presence that the order of the world unfolds. Philo considers this two-sided condition as a source of complexity and fertility. Francesca Calabi argues that, far from being an irresolvable contradiction, Philo's two-fold vision is the key to understanding his works. It constitutes a richness that rejects reduction to apparently incompatible forms and aspects.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47891897680023,"sku":"9789004162709","price":23817.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789004162709.webp?v=1781185095","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/gods-acting-mans-acting-tradition-and-philosophy-in-philo-of-alexandria-9789004162709","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}