Ramelli / Konstan Terms for Eternity: Aiônios and Aïdios in Classical and Christian Texts

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3412-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 268 Seiten

Reihe: Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought

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 crucial role in debates over eternal punishment vs. universal salvation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ramelli, Ilaria L. E.

Konstan, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Dedication Page (page 5)
- Table of Contents (page 7)
- Preface (page 9)
- Introduction (page 11)
- 1. Classical Literature from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Period (page 15)
- a) The Presocratics (page 16)
- b) Plato and Platonism (page 22)
- c) Aristotle and Hellenistic Philosophy (page 38)
- 2. From the Septuagint to the New Testament (page 47)
- a) The Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint (page 47)
- b) Around the Time of Christ (page 60)
- c) The New Testament (page 67)
- 3. The Early Church Fathers and their Contemporaries (page 81)
- a) Non-Christian Writers of the Early Empire (page 81)
- b) Early Christian and Christianizing Texts (page 92)
- c) From Tatian to Clement of Alexandria (page 105)
- d) Origen (page 126)
- 4. Church Fathers after Origen (page 139)
- a) From Gregory the Thaumaturge to Athanasius (page 139)
- b) The Cappadocian Fathers (page 182)
- c) Evagrius to Maximus the Confessor (page 209)
- d) Anti-Origenist Writers from Methodius to Epiphanius (page 236)
- 5. Conclusion (page 247)
- Bibliography (page 251)
- Index (page 265)