Later Platonists and Their Heirs Among Christians, Jews, and Muslims

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-45026-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 27, 550 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1068 g

Reihe: Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity

Later Platonists and their Heirs among Christians, Jews and Muslims offers a thought-provoking exploration of the reception of Platonism among communities of faith from early Christianity to the sixteenth century, from the Byzantine East to the Latin West. Rare emphasis is placed on the importance of Platonic thought and its diffusion in late antique and medieval Syria, Armenia, and Georgia but also among Arab and Jewish intellectuals from the seventh century onwards. As such, the volume makes a statement against the separation of Neoplatonic philosophy from Christianity and the other Abrahamic faiths, since all four traditions promoted a life of virtue and goodness despite operating under different divine auspices. The volume seeks to establish paths of transmission and modes of adaptation across times and places.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anagnostou, Eva

Parry, Ken

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides is Associate Professor in Ancient History in the Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University. She was an Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2017-2021) and has published monographs and articles on Greek philosophy and ancient religious traditions.

Ken Parry is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University. He has published articles and edited volumes on Byzantium and Eastern Christianity and is founding editor of the series Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity.