Stoicism in early Christianity
By: edited by Tuomas Rasimus, Troels Engberg-Pedersen, and Ismo Dunderberg
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Peabody, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781598564457
Description: Highlighting the place of Stoic teaching in early Christian thought, an international roster of scholars challenges the prevailing view that Platonism was the most important philosophical influence on early Christianity. They suggest that early Christians were more often influenced by Stoicism than by Platonism, an insight that sheds new light on the relationship between philosophy and religion at the birth of Christianity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.