ISBN:
9789004527850
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 550 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2023
Series Statement:
Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity volume 27
Series Statement:
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2023
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Later Platonists and their Heirs among Christians, Jews, and Muslims
Keywords:
Alexandrian school
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Neoplatonism
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Philosophy, Medieval
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Alexandrinische Schule
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Christentum
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Judentum
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Islam
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Rezeption
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Preliminary Material -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Man before God: Music and Silence as Induction to Altered States of Consciousness from Plato to Clement of Alexandria /
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English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004527850
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