Both of those strands of Hellenistic tradition as appropriated by Jewish philosophers like Philo, did, however, have an impact on Christians of a later generation who tried to make sense of Jesus ...

From Plato to Proclus, Athens was regarded as the epicenter of many ancient Greek philosophers' vibrant intellectual lives.

but to a non-Christian public, to "devout and thoughtful persons.., in the varied and cosmopolitan society of a great Hellenistic city such as Ephesus under the Roman Empire.''21 For Dodd, even less ...

Diarmaid MacCulloch’s ambitious book looks at celibacy, marriage, homosexuality and trans issues from the perspective that ...

Every other Christian tradition affirms this ... while at the same time staying deeply rooted in the classical worldview and, crucially, the Hellenistic Judaism that actually facilitated the ...

Isolation was not the goal, it’s impor­tant to note, because the Hasmonaeans themselves were very much Hellenistic monarchs and Judean ... I read this book as a Christian and therefore a member of a ...

Hellenism is probably more familiar to you ... Heathenry is a label used to describe pre-Christian religion from the Germanic ...

What we know about Apollos is mostly found within the book of Acts and a few of Paul’s letters. While admittedly not as ...

The Empire unifies the Middle East, from Egypt to the Caspian Sea, under one rule and by so doing lays the foundation for the subsequent rise of the Persians, Hellenism, Christianity, and Islam. Great ...

Hellenism as ideal and practice, conquerors and natives, kings and cities/regions, Greek science and philosophies, old and new gods. This course provides context for understanding early Christianity, ...

Hand copied around 1400, a Wycliffe New Testament on exhibit at a Christian theme park in Florida ... from early Islamic to Second Temple to Hellenistic,” he says. “There’s reason to hope ...

Both of those strands of Hellenistic tradition as appropriated by Jewish philosophers like Philo, did, however, have an impact on Christians of a later generation who tried to make sense of Jesus ...