Number symbolism and arithmology in ancient Christian texts are here discussed: among the many examples of both Patristic and gnostic ‘serious’ numerological exegesis, the present paper aims at showing how Hermia’s treatment of Pythagorean numbers (Irrisio gentilium philosophorum, chapter 16) stands out as a curious case of ‘mathematical irrisio’.
Numerologia ed esegesi tra furor e ‘irrisio mathematica’ / Rota, Gualtiero. - In: LA TORRE DI BABELE. - ISSN 1724-3114. - 15:(2019), pp. 9-29.
Numerologia ed esegesi tra furor e ‘irrisio mathematica’
Gualtiero ROTA
2019-01-01
Abstract
Number symbolism and arithmology in ancient Christian texts are here discussed: among the many examples of both Patristic and gnostic ‘serious’ numerological exegesis, the present paper aims at showing how Hermia’s treatment of Pythagorean numbers (Irrisio gentilium philosophorum, chapter 16) stands out as a curious case of ‘mathematical irrisio’.File in questo prodotto:
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