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This dissertation examines Origen of Alexandria's exegetical and theological exposition of Isaiah's vision of God (Isaiah 6:1-5) preserved in his Homilies on Isaiah and On First Principles . Drawing upon the enigmatic features in the prophet's visionary account, Origen postulate…

Islam is often viewed as the religion par excellence of divine transcendence. God is khilaf al-`alam , "the absolute divergence from the world" and this characteristically Islamic doctrine of mukhalafa "(divine) otherness" precludes divine corporeality. In as much as this latter…