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Light on Creation - Ancient Commentators in Dialogue and Debate on the Origin of the World (Paperback)
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Light on Creation - Ancient Commentators in Dialogue and Debate on the Origin of the World (Paperback)
Series: Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity, 104
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The present volume contains the proceedings of an international
colloquium held in February 2015 at the Arts Faculty of the KU
Leuven that brought together specialists in (late) ancient
philosophy and early Christian studies. Contributors were asked to
reflect on the reception of two foundational texts dealing with the
origin of the world - the third book of Plato's Timaeus and the
Genesis account of the creation. The organizers had a double aim:
They wished to offer a forum for furthering the dialogue between
colleagues working in these respective fields and to do this by
studying in a comparative perspective both a crucial topic shared
by these traditions and the literary genres through which this
topic was developed and transmitted. The two reference texts have
been studied in antiquity in a selective way, through citations and
essays dealing with specific issues, and in a more systematic way
through commentaries. The book is divided into three parts. The
first one deals with the so-called Middle- and Neoplatonic
tradition. The second part is dedicated to the Christian tradition
and contains papers on several of the more important Christian
authors who dealt with the Hexaemeron. The third part is entitled
"Some Other Voices" and deals with authors and movements that
combine elements from various traditions. Special attention is
given to the nature and dynamics of the often close relationship
between the various traditions as envisaged by Jewish-Christian
authors and to the remarkable lack of interest from the
Neoplatonists for "the other side".
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