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Author Schröder, Winfried

Title Athens and Jerusalem The Philosophical Critique of Christianity in Late Antiquity and the Enlightenment
Published Ashland : BRILL, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (257 p.)
Series Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Ser
Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Ser
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Philosophy and Christianity: The Occidental Synthesis -- Chapter 2 The Return of the Ostracized -- 1 Late Antique Critics of Christianity in the Early Modern Era -- 1.1 Non-philosophical Works -- 1.2 Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius -- 1.3 Celsus -- 1.4 Fronto and the Pagan Caecilius in Minucius Felix's Octavius -- 1.5 Porphyry -- 1.6 The Anonymous Pagan in Macarius of Magnesia -- 1.7 The Bithynian 'Antistes Philosophiae' -- 1.8 Julian -- 1.9 Salustius [Salutius] -- 1.10 Hierocles and Philostratus -- 1.11 Plotinus -- 1.12 Alexander of Lycopolis -- 1.13 Iamblichus
1.14 Eunapius -- 1.15 Proclus -- 1.16 The viri novi in Arnobius, the Pagan Objections in Ambrosiaster and the Consultationes Zacchaei -- 2 Difficulties with Late Antiquity -- Chapter 3 The Attack on Holy Scripture -- Chapter 4 Philosophical-Theological Dissent -- 1 Faith -- 1.1 Alogos pistis: 'Blind Faith' -- 1.2 Ut omnes unum sint: The Unity in Faith and Intolerance -- 2 Miracles -- 2.1 Miracles in Ancient Philosophy and Christianity -- 2.1.1 From Plato to Philostratus -- 2.1.2 The Critics of Christianity -- 2.1.3 The Church Fathers -- 2.2 Arguments against the Christian Belief in Miracles
2.2.1 Miracles in Comparison -- 2.2.2 Eyewitness Accounts of Miracles -- 2.2.3 Miracles and the Natural Order -- 2.2.4 The Resurrection of Jesus -- 3 Morality -- 3.1 Vertus Outrées: Poverty, Humility, and the Other Cheek -- 3.2 External Justice and Easy Atonement: The Value of Moral Action -- Chapter 5 Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical Passages -- Index of Anonymous Texts -- Index of Names -- Mythological and Biblical Figures -- Index of Subjects
Summary The present study, for the first time, provides a comparative analysis of the objections raised against Christianity by late antique pagan philosophers (esp. Celsus in Alethes logos , Porphyry in Contra Christianos , and Julian the Apostate in Contra Gali-laeos ) and Enlightenment philosophers and freethinkers and examines the impact of pagan thinking on the critique of Christianity in the 16th to 18th centuries - in particular, on discussions concerning the authority of the Bible, biblical exegesis, the Christian concept of faith, religious coercion and the uniformity of faith, the belief in miracles, and the Christ-ian understanding of morality
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Christianity -- Controversial literature -- History and criticism
Philosophy and religion -- History
Christianity -- Controversial literature
Philosophy and religion
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004536135
9004536132