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The Image of God in Light of Fourth Book of Maccabees

Summary/Abstract: The Fourth Book of Maccabees (4 Macc.) ‒ although being a philosophicaland rhetorical work that mainly deals with the issue of overcoming passion by meansof „pious reason” ‒ contains a number of references to God which have naturally beenwoven into the corpus of this work. All these references allow one to draw up an imageof God present in the mind of the author of 4Macc. It is evident from the analyses,that although 4 Macc. is imbued with the spirit of Greek (Hellenistic) philosophy andliterature, the image of God sketched by the author of 4 Macc. is firmly rooted in theOld Testament’s theological tradition. Even the concept of pro,noia, taken directly fromGreek philosophy, in 4 Macc. has a close relationship with theology of the Old Testament.This leads to the conclusion that the author of 4 Macc. ‒ in spite of his rooting inthe Hellenistic culture ‒ was a pious Jew who, through his work, wanted to strengthenthe faith of his brethren.

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