Terms for Eternity: Aiônios and Aïdios in Classical and Christian Texts / / David Konstan, Ilaria L. E. Ramelli.

What is truly timeless? This book explores two ancient Greek terms for eternity, aiônios and aïdios. It traces these terms from their earliest occurrence in Pre-Socratic philosophy and Plato and through their interaction with Jewish thought and down into the patristic fathers, where they play a cruc...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought
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Physical Description:1 online resource (268 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. CLASSICAL LITERATURE FROM THE ARCHAIC TO THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
  • 2. FROM THE SEPTUAGINT TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
  • 3. THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS AND THEIR CONTEMPORARIES
  • 4. CHURCH FATHERS AFTER ORIGEN
  • 5. CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX