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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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9The Metaphysics of Light in Hexaemeral Literature: From Philo of Alexandria to Gregory of Nyssa. By IsidorosKatsos. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Pp. ix, 248. £70.00 (review)Heythrop Journal 65 (2): 218-220. 2024.The Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.
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7Bardaisan of Edessa on Free Will, Fate, and Nature: Alexander of Aphrodisias, Origen, and Diodore of TarsusIn Isabelle Chouinard, Zoe McConaughey, Aline Medeiros Ramos & Roxane Noël (eds.), Women’s Perspectives on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Springer Verlag. pp. 169-176. 2021.Against the backdrop of the relations between Alexander of Aphrodisias and Bardaisan and Origen, and of Diodore of Tarsus’ reading of Bardaisan, this article reflects on Bardaisan’s ideas towards free will, fate, and nature in the so-called Book of the Laws of Countries, based on Bardaisan’s Against Fate. With reference to the article by Izabela Jurasz on the comparison between Alexander and Bardaisan, I present the main topics that scholarship debates regarding Bardaisan and argue that Eusebius…Read more
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2Alexander of Aphrodisias : a source of Origen’s philosophy?Philosophie Antique 14 237-289. 2014.Alexandre d’Aphrodise et Origène sont deux philosophes et professeurs de philosophie semi-contemporains qui composaient le même genre d’œuvres. Origène était un philosophe chrétien, ancien élève d’Ammonius Saccas, le maître de Plotin. Il est très probable qu’Origène connaissait les écrits d’Alexandre d’Aphrodise, qui étaient lus à l’école de Plotin, et fut inspiré par eux. Beaucoup d’éléments soutiennent ma thèse. Par exemple, le Traité des Principes d’Origène dans sa structure est probablement …Read more
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1Apokatastasis and Epektasis in Hom. in Cant.: The Relation between Two Core Doctrines in Gregory and Roots in Origen, in: Gregory of Nyssa, In Canticum Canticorum. Commentary and Supporting Studies. Proceedings of the 13th International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa (Rome, 17-20 September 2014), ed. Giulio Maspero, Miguel Brugarolas, and Ilaria Vigorelli, Leiden: Brill, 2018, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 150, pp. 312–39.In Giulio Masepro (ed.), Gregory of Nyssa: In Canticum Canticorum. Commentary and Supporting Studies. Proceedings of the 13th International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa (Rome, 17-20 September 2014). pp. 312-339. 2018.
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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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Secular and Christian Commentaries in Late Antiquity, invited chapter in The Cambridge History of Later Latin Literature, eds Gavin Kelly and Aaron Pelttari, Cambridge: CUP, forthcoming.In Gavin Kelly (ed.), The Cambridge History of Later Latin Literature, eds Gavin Kelly and Aaron Pelttari, Cambridge: CUP, forthcoming.. forthcoming.Commentaries in late antiquity were the predominant form of scholarly engagement with ancient, authoritative texts. Not only in Greek, but in Latin no less, ancient commentaries were an integral part of reading and understanding literature and philosophy (and theology, as part and parcel of philosophy at that time). I shall deal with commentaries (as self-standing works, different from glosses) on poetic, rhetorical, philosophical, and religious texts in Latin late antiquity, both ‘pagan’ and Ch…Read more
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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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The Strategy and Functions of Philosophical Exegesis in Origen of Alexandria, in Greek and Byzantine Philosophical Exegesis, eds James B. Wallace and Athanasios Despotis, Leiden: Brill, 2021.In James B. Wallace & Athanasios Despotis (eds.), Greek and Byzantine Philosophical Exegesis, Brill Schoningh. 2022.
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The Question of Origen's Conversion and His Philosophico-Theological Lexicon of Epistrophē, Main Lecture, International Conference, Religious and Philosophical Conversion, Bonn University, 25-27 September 2018, in: Greek and Byzantine Philosophical Exegesis, ed. James B. Wallace and Athanasios Despotis, Leiden: Brill, 2021.In James B. Wallace & Athanasios Despotis (eds.), Greek and Byzantine Philosophical Exegesis, Brill Schoningh. 2022.
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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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Time and Eternity in The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy, ed. Mark Edwards, London: Routledge, pp. 41-54.In The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy, . forthcoming.The reflections on time and eternity in patristic thinkers depend, to various degrees, both on ancient philosophy (through some authors’ philosophical formation) and on Scripture—mostly the Septuagint and/or ancient Latin versions. The most common nouns here are χρόνος (tempus in Latin) and αἰών (aevum). The latter in many patristic authors designates a long period, an age, or else this world or the world to come, according to the biblical usage analysed below. “Aeon” is divine life or a divine…Read more
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"‘Pagan’ and Christian Platonism in Dionysius: The Double-Reference Scheme and Its Meaning", in Byzantine Platonists 284-1453, eds Frederick Lauritzen and Sarah Klitenic Wear, Theandrites: Studies in Byzantine Platonism and Christian Philosophy, Steubenville: Franciscan University Press, 2021.In Frederick Lauritzen & Sarah Klitenic Wear (eds.), Byzantine Platonists 284-1453, Franciscan University Press. 2021.
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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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"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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"Esoteric Interpretations of Scripture in Philo (and Hellenistic Judaism), Clement, and Origen", in Esoteric Cultures of Scripture, ed. Toby Mayer, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021In Esoteric Cultures of Scripture, . forthcoming.
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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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The volume discusses the key documents, authors, themes and Early Christian traditions in succinct articles by eminent experts (including the Editors). The main 6 sections of the volume trace the vital trajectories of emerging distinctive Christian identity in the Graeco-Roman world and diversities of theologies. Special attention is given to the coherent growth of Christian faith in connection with worship, alongside the crucial transformation of Christian life and doctrine under the Christian…Read more
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This book analyses Eriugena’s Christian Platonic ideas on theology, cosmology, anthropology, epistemology, and ethics, and their sources in Patristic philosophical theology and ancient philosophy. The first part is devoted to Eriugena’s theology: thus, it focusses on God from a variety of perspectives, some of them also comparative in their nature. The second part consists in research into Eriugena's cosmology, anthropology, and ethics, including virtue ethics. The two large sections are interre…Read more
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1‘The Father in the Son, the Son in the Father in the Gospel of John: Sources and Reception of Dynamic Unity in Middle and Neoplatonism, “Pagan” and Christian’, «Journal of the Bible and Its Reception» 7 (2020), pp. 31-66. DOI: 10.1515/jbr-2019-0012Journal of the Bible and Its Reception 7 (7): 31-66. 2020.
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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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Religion and Science in Gregory of Nyssa: The Unity of the Creative and Scientific LogosMarburg Journal of Religion 22. 2020.
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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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Autobiographical Self-Fashioning in OrigenIn Maren R. Niehoff & Joshua Levinson (eds.), Self, Self-Fashioning and Individuality in Late Antiquity, . 2019.In this paper, the “self” is understood in broad terms as one’s character and personality, based on Christopher Gill’s notion of the self in Hellenistic and imperial philosophy. Moreover, my use of “self-fashioning” —that is, one’s creation of an image of oneself—in ancient Christianity, is built on the work of Carol Newsom and Eve-Marie Becker. The latter focusses on Paul, who is Origen’s hero and may even have inspired Origen’s own strategies of self-fashioning as an inspired preacher of C…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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