Hellenization Revisited: Shaping a Christian Response Within the Greco-Roman World.

544 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Lediglich leichte Gebrauchsspuren am Einband, sonst ein sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / only slight signs of usage on the cover, otherwise a clean copy without markings. - Contents Contributors Abbreviations Preface Gnosticism, Judaism and Hellenization: Basic Positions Cosmic and Meta-Cosmic Theology in Greek Philosophy and Gnosticism, Abraham P. Bos Aristotle and the Jewish God (Response to A. P. Bos), William E. Amal Gnosticism and Early Christianity, Edwin M. Yamauchi Yamauchi and Pre-Christian Gnosticism (Response to E. M. Yamauchi), Michel Desjardins Adolf von Harnack and the Concept of Hellenization, William V. Rowe Alexandria or Athens as the Essence of Hellenization: A Historian Responds to a Philosopher, Barry W. Henaut Hellenistic Judaism Creatio ex nihilo in Philo, Albert M. Wolters Mastery of the Passions: Philo, 4 Maccabees and Earliest Christianity, David C. Aune The Voice of the Serpent: Philo’s Epicureanism, A. Peter Booth The Plight of Woman: Philo’s Blind Spot? Dorothy Sly The “Praeparatio Evangelica” and “Spoliatio” Motifs as Patterns of Hellenistic Judaism in Philo of Alexandria, Daniel N. Jastram Muddying the Water: Metaphors for Exegesis, John H. Corbett Gnosticism Harnack, Marcion and the Argument of Antiquity, Daniel H. Williams The Acts of John: The Gnostic Transformation of a Christian Community, Paul G. Schneider Trimorphic Protennoia and the Wisdom Tradition, Rosemary Halford Gnosis, Theology and Historical Method, Schuyler Brown Gnosticism and the Classical Tradition, Scott C. Carroll Judaism and Gnosticism, Michel Desjardins The Patristic Response Nomos Empsychos in Philo and Clement of Alexandria, John Martens Gnosticism as Heresy: The Response of Irenaeus, Terrance Tiessen Tertullian on Athens and Jerusalem, Wendy E. Helleman “Spoils from Egypt, ” Between Jews and Gnostics, Lawrence E. Frizzell Clement of Alexandria: Instructions on How Women Should Live, M. Eleanor Irwin Symbol and Science in Early Christian Gnosis, Padraig O’Cleirigh Epilogue, Wendy E. Helleman Bibliography Index. ISBN 9780819195449