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Author Fideler, David, 1961-

Title Jesus Christ, sun of God : ancient cosmology and early Christian symbolism / David Fideler.

Publication Info. Wheaton, Ill. : Quest Books, 1993.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  299.934 F451J    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xviii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents Cosmology and the search for unity -- In the beginning : philosophy and initiation in the ancient world -- Gematria : the secret language of the Christian mysteries -- Solar logos : the "word of the sun" in hellenisitc mysticism and cosmology -- Harmony of Appollo : the origins of Gematria in ancient Greece -- Miraculous feeding of the five thousand and other mysteries of the New Testament -- Gospel of John and the Gnostic tradition -- New light on the Mithraic mysteries -- Birth of the aeon : Christianity and the renewal of time -- Orphic Christ and the "new song" of Christianity.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-407) and indexes.
Subject Jesus Christ -- History of doctrines -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
Logos (Philosophy) -- History of doctrines -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
Logos (Christian theology) -- History of doctrines -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
Christianity and other religions.
Gnosticism -- Relations -- Christianity.
Paganism -- Relations -- Christianity.
Cosmology, Ancient.
ISBN 0835606988
0835606961 paperback
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