Religio-philosophical discourses in the Mediterranean world : from Plato, through Jesus, to late antiquity

Religio-philosophical discourses in the Mediterranean world : from Plato, through Jesus, to late antiquity /

This first volume of the new Brill series "Ancient Philosophy andamp; Religion" is a collection of articles by scholars of Classics, Ancient Philosophy, and Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. The articles are based on papers presented at two colloquia on the interface between Ancient...

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Other Authors: Petersen, Anders Klostergaard (Editor), Kooten, Geurt Hendrik van, 1969- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017
Series:Ancient philosophy & religion ; volume 1.
Subjects:
Philosophy and religion > Congresses.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Plato
  • Plato's Philosophy
  • Why Not Just Platonic Religion? / Anders Klostergaard Petersen
  • Platonic Piety: ̀Putting Humpty Dumpty Together Again' / Frisbee Sheffield
  • Real Euthyphro Problem, Solved / Nicholas Denyer
  • Religion, Philosophy, and the Demons in Between / Lars Albinus
  • pt. 2 Explorations in an Emerging Common Discourse
  • Philosophical Traces in the Sibylline Oracles / Helen Van Noorden
  • Philosophy and Religion and Their Interactions in 4 Maccabees / Anders Klostergaard Petersen
  • Rapprochement of Religion and Philosophy in Ancient Consolation: Seneca, Paul, and Beyond / Christoph Jedan
  • pt. 3 Placing Jesus among the Philosophers
  • Jesus among the Philosophers: The Cynic Connection Explored and Affirmed, with a Note on Philo's Jewish-Cynic Philosophy / Bernhard Lang
  • Last Days of Socrates and Christ: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo Read in Counterpoint with John's Gospel / George van Kooten
  • Criticism of Verbosity in Ancient Philosophical and Early Christian Writings: Jesus' Critique of the ̀Polylogia' of Pagan Prayers (Matthew 6:7) in its Graeco-Roman Context / Daniele Pevarello
  • pt. 4 Reconsidering Early Pagan-Christian Relations
  • Christians According to Second-Century Philosophers / Simon Gathercole
  • Epictetus' Views on Christians: A Closed Case Revisited / Niko Huttunen
  • Plotinus, Origenes, and Ammonius on the ̀King' / Harold Tarrant
  • Neo-Platonic Readings of Embodied Divine Presence: Iamblichus and Julian / Ilinca Tanaseanu-Dobler.

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