From Protology to Eschatology

This volume contains the proceedings of an international conference held in Leuven in June 2017 as a follow-up to a previous meeting that dealt with views on the origin of the cosmos in Greek philosophical and early Christian tradition (published in STAC 104, 2017). The second conference focused on how both traditions have reflected on the end or the goal towards which the cosmos is moving. The Judeo-Christian concept of a creation with temporal development and the philosophical notion of the eternity of the world evidently represent two very different positions. Yet there are also clear signs of convergence and of the latter influencing the former. The essays show there is common interest in reflecting not only on the principles that govern cosmology and on how the cosmos is reverting on its principles, but also on the answers provided in each tradition.

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Verheyden, Josephis Professor of New Testament Studies in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the KU Leuven. Roskam, Geertis Professor of Ancient Greek Literature in the Arts Faculty at the KU Leuven. Van Riel, Gerdis Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Dean of the Institute of Philosophy at the KU Leuven.