ENGLISH

Later Platonists and their Heirs among Christians, Jews, and Muslims

By Ken Parry , Eva Anagnostou

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2023
ISBN
2022054975, 9789004450264, 9789004527850
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3906122 bytes)
Series
Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity
Volume
27
Edition
1
Pages
550\568
Time added
2023-01-19 05:34:49

Description

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.

Similar books