Theios aner

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Theios aner (

gods, which grants him the ability to perform miracles and supernatural events.[1]

History

This concept originated in the

syncretic context, though differentiated from foreign figures like the Phoenician prophets mentioned by Celsus.[2] Famous exponents of theios aner were the famed Pythagoras, Empedocles, Apollonius of Tyana, Peregrinus Proteus and Alexander of Abonoteichus, among others.[3] Precisely due to those illustrious connotations, the term would have been chosen by writers of Judaism as a way to make figures like that of Moses more palatable to Greek thinking.[2]

It was seemingly during the rise of

Docetic Gnosticism by emphasizing Jesus' human traits,[4] was also object of this reaction, as it identifies other miracle-makers as false prophets.[3][5][6]

See also

References

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  6. ISBN 978-05-672925-6-8
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