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Alexandrian School — The school of Platonism coupled with Christian elements that flourished in Alexandria for the two centuries before the city was captured by Arabs in 642. Its most famous member was Hypatia … Philosophy dictionary
PHILOSOPHY, JEWISH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: WHAT IS JEWISH PHILOSOPHY? recent histories of jewish philosophy biblical and rabbinic antecedents bible rabbinic literature hellenistic jewish philosophy philo of alexandria biblical… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Alexandrian school — The Alexandrian school is a collective designation for certain tendencies in literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences that developed in the Hellenistic cultural center of Alexandria, Egypt around the 1st century. Alexandria was a… … Wikipedia
alexandrian school — noun Usage: usually capitalized A Etymology: Alexandrian (I) 1. : the school of literature, science, and philosophy that flourished at Alexandria while that city was ruled by the Greeks and the Romans 2. : an ante Nicene school of patristic … Useful english dictionary
ALEXANDRIAN THEOLOGY — distinctive CHRISTIAN teachings which developed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria from the late second to fifth century A.D. Its most famous representatives are ATHANASIUS, CLEMENT of ALEXANDRIA, and ORIGEN. Alexandrian theology sought to… … Concise dictionary of Religion
Alexandrian — /al ig zan dree euhn, zahn /, adj. 1. of Alexandria, esp. Alexandria, Egypt. 2. of or pertaining to the schools of philosophy, literature, and science in ancient Alexandria. 3. Alexandrine. n. 4. a native or inhabitant of Alexandria, esp.… … Universalium
Alexandrian — n. native or resident of Alexandria (city in Egypt) adj. pertaining to the philosophy science and literature of ancient Alexandria … English contemporary dictionary
Alexandrian — adjective relating to Alexandria in Egypt. ↘belonging to or characteristic of the schools of literature and philosophy of ancient Alexandria, especially in being allusive or imitative … English new terms dictionary
Alexandrian — /æləgˈzændriən/ (say aluhg zandreeuhn), / ˈzan / (say zahn ) adjective 1. of Alexandria. 2. relating to the schools of philosophy, literature, and science in ancient Alexandria. 3. erudite and critical rather than original or creative. 4. of… …
Alexandrian — adj. 1 of or characteristic of Alexandria in Egypt. 2 a belonging to or akin to the schools of literature and philosophy of Alexandria. b (of a writer) derivative or imitative; fond of recondite learning … Useful english dictionary
