Inspiration in Early Christianity and Beyond

This volume offers a multifaceted examination of “inspiration” in early Christianity and religious-philodophical traditions from the antiquity to our days. Drawing on diverse sources and methodologies, it illuminates how authors and readers get inspired, authoritative texts emerge, are interpreted, and remain embedded in contemporary discussions. It advocates a close integration of historical dynamics and a sustained dialogue with other intellectual and religious traditions.

Athanasios Despotis, Dr. Dr. habil., is an apl. Professor at the University of Bonn and a research associate at the Universities of Bern and Pretoria. He co-chairs the Forum for the Study of Philosophy and Religion in Antiquity and is co-editor of the series Biblical Exegesis from Orthodox Perspectives. Nestor Kavvadas, PD DDr., is Research Associate and Managing Director of the Center for Comparative Theology and Social Issues (Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Bonn). His research focuses on Greek-, Syriac-, and Arabic-speaking Christianity in Late Antiquity and the early medieval Near East. Contributors are: Severios Roger Akhrass, Martin Breul, Luc Bulundwe, Athanasios Despotis, Isaac Hedstrom, David Kneip, Nestor Kavvadas, Brian Yong Lee, Simon P. Loynes, Lee Martin McDonald