MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02430cam a22002658a 4500
001 2007044616
003 DLC
005 20080403091205.0
008 071029s2008 ilu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007044616
020 $a9780226388700 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0226388700 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aBT180.N2$bI96 2008
082 00 $a231$222
100 1 $aIzmirlieva, Valentina.
245 10 $aAll the names of the Lord :$blists, mysticism, and magic /$cValentina Izmirlieva.
260 $aChicago, Ill. :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c2008.
263 $a0805
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe claim of theology : nameless and of every name -- The divine names and Dionysius the areopagite -- Myth and mystification -- The exegetes -- The translators -- Disputed authorship and indisputable authority -- Back to the sources -- The Bible and the name -- The trouble with logos -- The two roads, or the nature of divine names -- The synthesis of Dionysius -- The Dionysian vision -- The theological project -- United differentiations -- A hierarchy of names -- Nameless and of every name -- Theory and practice -- Biblical exegesis -- The proper name of God is a list -- Listing the names of God -- A magical alternative : the 72 names of God -- How many are the names of God? -- The number of God's names -- The larger context -- The synonymy of 72 and 70 -- A body of 72 parts and the 72 diseases -- An apostle for every nation -- The division of the languages at Babel -- The Septuagint -- The 72 Disciples of Christ -- The ideal quorum -- The peculiar codex Jerusalem 22 -- The facts -- A kabbalistic hypothesis -- The Balkan context -- Possible kabbalistic indices -- The emphasis on 72 -- Kabbalah and the world of 72 parts -- Christian culture and the 72 names -- Kabbalah in Christian garb -- The Christian amulet east and west -- Printing and the career of the slavonic text -- The miscellany for travelers and the remaking of the text -- The spectacular aftermath -- Building textual affinities -- Commercial success -- The Abagar of Philip Stanislavov.
650 0 $aGod (Christianity)$xName.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007044616-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007044616-b.html