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Bardaisan of Edessa: A Reassessment of the Evidence and a New Interpretation

By Ilaria L. E. Ramelli

Book information

Publisher
Gorgias Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9781463216658
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2166790 bytes)
Pages
402\402
Time added
2023-05-28 22:29:27

Description

This comprehensive study offers a critical, comparative analysis of the sources available on Bardaisan and a reinterpretation of his thought. The study highlights the profound points of contact between Bardaisan, Origen, and their schools; the role of Plato’s Timaeus and Middle Platonism in Bardaisan’s thought, and Stoicism. Bardaisan’s thought emerges as a deeply Christian one, depending on the exegesis of Scripture read in the light of Greek philosophy. Positive ancient sources present him as a deacon or even a presbyter, as an author of refutations of Marcionism and Gnosticism, and as a confessor of the faith during persecution.

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