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  • 2.2 - Platonism and Christianity in Late Antiquity

  • from II - History
  • Edited by Alexander J. B. Hampton, University of Toronto, John Peter Kenney, Saint Michael's College, Vermont
  • Book:
    Christian Platonism
    Published online:
    20 January 2021
    Print publication:
    17 December 2020, pp 162-182

  • Summary

    The relation of early Christianity to ancient Platonism has been a conflicted issue in historical scholarship, bringing to the fore latent questions about the nature of philosophy and shape of Christian theology. This chapter is intended to build upon recent advances in the scholarly interpretation of both Platonism and Early Christianity, in order to disentangle some long-standing interpretive issues. It emphasizes the role of Platonism and Christianity in the emergence of monotheism in late antiquity and the importance of Platonism in the development of the philosophical idea of transcendence.