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Platonism & Christianity 2021 | Resources

Class times: 6.30 pm Mondays: 23, 30 August & 6, 13, 20, 27 September 2021

Zoom link (online-only) for all six classes

Dial-in back-up in case of internet disruptions: 03 7018 2005 | Meeting ID: 839 3718 0491 | Passcode: 674653

Course Outline and further reading (no set reading for this course)

Online Philosophy Cafe Sunday, 12 September from 10.30 am zoom link

Dial-up: +61 3 7018 2005 Australia | Meeting ID: 892 2073 6958 | Pwd: 597005

Catch-up classes

Week 1

SESSION 1 | FROM PLATO TO HELLENISTIC JUDAISM

The Jewish tradition
From Plato to Christian Platonism
From Plato to Christian Platonism

Week 2

SESSION 2 | HELLENISTIC JUDAISM AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY

Book Mentioned: The Nativist Prophets of Early Islamic Iran by Patricia Crone


Week 3

SESSION 3 | EARLY CHRISTIANITY COMPARED TO OLD JUDAISM + GNOSTICISM

Week 4

SESSION 4 | CATCH-UP THE DIVINE LOGOS: THROUGH HIM ALL THINGS WERE MADE

Week 5

SESSION 5 | CATCH-UP ON MYTHOS: TEACHING AND INTERPRETING ALLEGORICALLY

Week 6

SESSION 6 | CATCH-UP ON MYSTICISM + CHRISTIANITY AS OLD AS CREATION