Religio-Philosophical Discourses in the Mediterranean World - From Plato, Through Jesus, to Late Antiquity

This first volume of the new Brill series "Ancient Philosophy & Religion" offers analyses of Platonic philosophy and piety, the emergence of a common religio-philosophical discourse in Antiquity, the place of Jesus among ancient philosophers, and responses of pagan philosophers to Christianity from the second century to Late Antiquity.

About the author

Anders Klostergaard Petersen (Gold medal Dissertation Aarhus, 1994) is Professor of the Study of Religion at Aarhus University. He has published extensively on early Christ-religion, late Second Temple Judaism, method and theory in the humanities and social sciences, and biocultural evolution.

George van Kooten (PhD Leiden, 2001) is Professor of New Testament & Early Christianity at the University of Groningen and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. He has published widely on the Graeco-Roman setting of the New Testament, including monographs on Paul's cosmology (Mohr, 2003) and anthropology (Mohr, 2008).

Product details

• Assisted by: George H van Kooten (Editor), George H. van Kooten (Editor), Anders Klostergaard Petersen (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.03.2017
• EAN: 9789004341463
• ISBN: 978-90-04-34146-3
• No. of pages: 428
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 239 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 1406 g
• Series: Ancient Philosophy & Religion
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works