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"Origen’s Philosophical Theology and Connections to Platonism." Main lecture, international conference, Hellenism, Early Judaism and Early Christianity: Transmission and Transformation of Ideas, Academy of Sciences, Prague, 12-13 September 2019, ed. Radka Fialová, Jiří Hoblík, and Petr Kitzler, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2021.In Petr Kitzler, Jiri Hohlik & Radka Fialova (eds.), Hellenism, Early Judaism and Early Christianity: Transmission and Transformation of Ideas. forthcoming.
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Review of Mark Edwards, Aristotle and Early Christian Thought, Routledge, 2019: Journal of Theological Studies 71 (2020) DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa071Journal of Theological Studies 71 (71). 2020.
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A maxim of Greek philosophy found in scripture: "Know yourself" in Origen and reflections in Gregory of NyssaIn Ole Jakob Filtvedt & Jens Schröter (eds.), Know yourself: echoes and interpretations of the Delphic maxim in ancient Judaism, Christianity, and philosophy, De Gruyter. 2023.
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I Cristiani e l’Impero romanoMarietti. 2011.Il libro, diviso in quattro sezioni, mette in luce un'indagine storica del tutto originale di documenti noti e meno noti sulla figura di Gesù in fonti non cristiane del I secolo; su come il cristianesimo fu conosciuto a Roma già nel I secolo; sulle allusioni al cristianesimo nei romanzi e nelle satire pagane del I-II secolo; su alcuni esempi della prima diffusione del cristianesimo dal Vicino Oriente all'India.
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Anneo Cornuto, Compendio di teologia grecaBompiani - Catholic University, Il Pensiero Occidentale. Pp. 607.. 2003.Edition of the Greek text, monographic introductory essay, monographic integrative essay, translation, full commentary, bibliography.
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Transformations of the household theory between Roman Stoicism, Middle-Platonism, and early ChristianityRivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica 100 (2): 369. 2008.
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Soma (Σῶμα), in Das Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum, Stuttgart: Hiersemann Verlag, 2021.Das Reallexikon Für Antike Und Christentum. forthcoming.
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Epicureanism and Early ChristianityIn Phillip Mitsis (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Epicureanism, . pp. 582-612. 2020.Many fragments and testimonies in Usener’s collection, Epicurea, come from ancient Christian sources. This essay explores Patristic interest in Epicureanism, which is often critical, and sometimes imprecise or distorted, but tangible. It shows how the fading away of the availability and use of good sources on Epicureanism, along with the disappearance of the Epicurean school itself, brought about a progressive impoverishment and hostility among Christian authors with respect to Epicurus and Epic…Read more
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I Sette Sapienti. Vite e opinioniBompiani. 2005.Introductory essay, translation, updating and bibliography
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Revisitation of the much debated issue of the mind-body relation in Origen, with new insights, discussion of evidence, and of scholarship.
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"Origen on the Unity of Soul and Body in the Earthly life and Afterwards and His Impact", in The Unity of Soul and Body in Patristic and Byzantine Thought, eds. Jörg Ulrich, Anna Usacheva, and Siam Bhayro, Leiden: Brill, 2020, pp. 38-77.In Jorg Ulrich & Anna Usacheva (eds.), The Unity of Soul and Body in Patristic and Byzantine Thought., Brill. pp. 38-77. 2020.
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Allegoristi dell’età classicaBompiani - Catholic university. 2007.Editions of, translations of, and essays and commentaries on: Ancient Stoics (pp. 1-107), Apollodorus of Athens (pp. 111-217), Crates of Mallus (pp. 219-327), Palaephatus (pp. 329-365), authors De Incredibilibus (pp. 367-400), Conon (pp. 401-442), Cicero ND II-III (pp. 443-483), Cornutus (pp. 485-560), Heraclitus Grammaticus (pp. 561-669), Chaeremon (pp. 671-707), Ps. Plutarch, De Vita et Poesi Homeri (pp. 709-820), Plutarch, De Daedalis Plataeensibus (pp. 821-832); Cebetis Tabula (pp. 833-860),…Read more
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Filosofia emendata. Elementi connessi col Neoplatonismo nell'esegesi esamerale di Gregorio di Nissa (I. Ramelli)Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica 99 (3): 553. 2007.
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"Stoic Homeric Allegoresis," in Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Homer from the Hellenistic Age to Late Antiquity, ed. Christina-Panagiota Manolea, Leiden: Brill, 2021.In Christina-Panagiota Manolea (ed.), Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Homer from the Hellenistic Age to Late Antiquity.. forthcoming.
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Il Contra Fatum di Gregorio di Nissa nel dibattito tardo-antico sul fatalismo e sul determinismo (review)The Medieval Review 11. 2009.
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Slavery and Religion in Late Antiquity: Their Relation to Asceticism and Justice in Christianity and Judaism, in: Slavery in the Late Antique World, 150–700 CE., ed. Chris L. De Wet, Maijastina Kahlos, and Ville Vuolanto, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021.In Christian De Wet (ed.), Slavery in the Late Antique World. forthcoming.
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CL GRISWOLD, Forgiveness: A Philosophical ExplorationRivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica 100 (4): 658. 2008.
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Review of Roberto Alciati (ed.), Norm and Exercise: Christian asceticism between late antiquity and early middle ages, Stuttgart, F. Steiner, 2018 (Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge, 65), 202 p.: «Latomus» 79 (2020), pp. 794-796. doi: 10.2143/LAT.79.3.0000000 (review)Latomus 79 794-796. 2020.
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Religion and Science in Gregory of Nyssa: The Unity of the Creative and Scientific LogosMarburg Journal of Religion 22. 2020.
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Corpus HermeticumBompiani, Series: Il Pensiero Occidentale. pp. 1627. 2005.Translation, bibliography, commentary, and an updating essay including a translation from the Coptic text of, and a commentary on, the new Nag Hammadi Hermetica.
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A reappraisal of Gregory Nyssen's thought on mind-body relations, with many new insights, analysis of sources and discussion of scholarship.
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Il βασιλεύς come νόμος ἔμψυχος tra diritto naturale e diritto divino: spunti platonici del concetto e sviluppi di età imperiale e tardoantica (Marcello Gigante Prize 2006)Bibliopolis, Memoirs of the Italian Institute of Philosophical Studies 34. 2006.Il presente studio si pone in ideale continuità con l’opera di Marcello Gigante Nomos Basileus, analisi fondamentale della nascita e delle interrelazioni tra diritto naturale, diritto divino e diritto positivo nel mondo greco, prendendo le mosse proprio dal punto in cui questi aveva interrotto la sua indagine, ossia sulle concezioni platoniche del nomos e le sue connessioni con il divino, l’anima e l’educazione. In Platone sono rintracciate le premesse teoretiche della concezione, poi diffusa in…Read more
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Sacred Heart UniversityAlumnus (MA, MA, Postdoc), Then Fellow
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Durham UniversityProfessor, Hon.
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Cambridge UniversityMember, Centre for The Study of Platonism
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Angelicum (US)Graduate SchoolDistinguished Professor
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Princeton UniversitySenior Fellow
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