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Porphyry, ›On Principles and Matter‹
Language: en
Pages: 196
Authors: Yury Arzhanov
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-08-02 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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The Syriac treatise published in the present volume is in many respects a unique text. Though it has been preserved anonymously, there remains little doubt that
The Interpretation of the Old Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism
Language: en
Pages: 424
Authors: John Granger Cook
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

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According to the available evidence not many pagans knew the Greek Bible (Septuagint) before the advent of Christianity. Those pagans who later became aware of
Porphyry in Syriac
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: Yury Arzhanov
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-07-01 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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In 2021, a previously unknown treatise by Porphyry of Tyre, which has been preserved in a Syriac translation, was made available to historians of philosophy: Po
Religion and Identity in Porphyry of Tyre
Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: Aaron P. Johnson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-28 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Examines Porphyry of Tyre's critical engagement with Hellenism in late antiquity, emphasizing philosophical translation as the key to his thought.
Porphyry's Introduction
Language: en
Pages: 442
Authors: Jonathan Barnes
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-05-08 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The Introduction to philosophy written by Porphyry at the end of the second century AD is the most successful work of its kind ever to have been published. It w