Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World

This Festschrift honors the life and work of John D. Turner (Charles J. Mach University Professor of Classics and History at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln) on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Professor Turner's work has been of profound importance for the study of the interaction between Greek philosophy and Gnosticism in late antiquity. This volume contains essays by international scholars on a broad range of topics that deal with Sethian, Valentinian and other early Christian thought, as well as with Platonism and Neoplatonism, and offer a variety of perspectives spanning intellectual history, Greek and Coptic philology, and the study of religions.

Review:

'Great FS for a great scholar, excellently edited by a team led by Tuomas Rasimus: Sidnie White Crawford, John D. Turner.' J. van Oort, Vigiliae Christianae 68 (2014) 'ein aufschlussreicher und instruktiver Band' Barbara Aland, Theologische Literaturzeitung 140 (2015)