Religio-philosophical discourses in the Mediterranean world : : from Plato, through Jesus, to late antiquity / / edited by Anders Klostergaard Petersen, George van Kooten.

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 Philosophy...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Ancient Philosophy & Religion 1.
Physical Description:1 online resource (420 pages).
Notes:Includes indexes.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Anders Klostergaard Petersen and George van Kooten
  • Introduction: The Religion and Philosophy Debate in a New Key / Anders Klostergaard Petersen and George van Kooten
  • Plato’s Philosophy – Why Not Just Platonic Religion? / Anders Klostergaard Petersen
  • Platonic Piety: ‘Putting Humpty Dumpty Together Again’ / Frisbee Sheffield
  • The Real Euthyphro Problem, Solved / Nicholas Denyer
  • Religion, Philosophy, and the Demons in Between / Lars Albinus
  • Philosophical Traces in the Sibylline Oracles / Helen Van Noorden
  • Philosophy and Religion and Their Interactions in 4 Maccabees / Anders Klostergaard Petersen
  • The Rapprochement of Religion and Philosophy in Ancient Consolation: Seneca, Paul, and Beyond / Christoph Jedan
  • Jesus among the Philosophers: The Cynic Connection Explored and Affirmed, with a Note on Philo’s Jewish-Cynic Philosophy / Bernhard Lang
  • The 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
  • 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-Döbler
  • Index of Ancient Sources / Anders Klostergaard Petersen and George van Kooten
  • Index of Modern Authors / Anders Klostergaard Petersen and George van Kooten
  • Index of Subjects / Anders Klostergaard Petersen and George van Kooten.