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The present volume is devoted to the theme of ""Divine Father"" in Second Temple Jewish and early Christian tradition and in its ancient pagan contexts. It brings together proceedings of a conference under the same title, held in Göttingen in September 2011. Selected articles by well-known scholars focus on religious and philosophical concepts of divine parenthood in antiquity, from the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism (the Dead Sea Scrolls, Targums, Philo and Josephus) to the field of the New Testament. In addition, the volume deals with the designation of deity as ""father"" or ""mother"" from the broad spectrum of ancient Egypt and classical antiquity (Homer, Hesiod, Plato, and its reception) to late antiquity (Plotinus and Porphyry).

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The succinct way each essay summarizes the author's conclusions, and how they were led to them, is superb. If you seek an introduction to this topic which is brief, yet still scholarly and packed with expertise, this is the book to purchase. Kris Wray, Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies 2 (2017)

The succinct way each essay summarizes the author's conclusions, and how they were led to them, is superb. If you seek an introduction to this topic which is brief, yet still scholarly and packed with expertise, this is the book to purchase. Kris Wray, Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies 2 (2017) 'On ne peut que feliciter les contributeurs.' Paul-Marie Fidele Chango, Revue Biblique

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Felix Albrecht is resident scholar of the Septuaginta-Unternehmen of the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Göttingen and lecturer at the University of Göttingen. He is head of the international research project PALAMEDES (PALimpsestorum Aetatis Mediae EDitiones Et Studia). Reinhard Feldmeier is Professor of New Testament in Göttingen and Member of the Academy of Sciences and Humanties in Göttingen. He has published monographs, editions and many articles, including God of the Living. A Biblical Theology (Baylor University Press, 2011).

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