How Deep the Platonism? A Review of Owen and Mosser's Appendix: Hellenism, Greek Philosophy, and the Creedal “Straightjacket” of Christian Orthodoxy

Title	How Deep the Platonism? A Review of Owen and Mosser's Appendix: Hellenism, Greek Philosophy, and the Creedal “Straightjacket” of Christian Orthodoxy
Publication Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	1999
Authors	Cook, Roger D.
Journal	FARMS Review of Books
Volume	11
Issue	2
Pagination	265-299
Keywords	Apostasy; Deification; Early Christianity; Philosophy; Platonism; Theosis
Abstract	Cook addresses the following issues raised by Owen and Mosser: Did Greek philosophy cause an apostasy in the early Christian church? How deeply Hellenized were the early Jewish converts of Christianity? Philosphy and the Hellenization of Christianity, and Early Judaic and Christian beliefs concerning God and theosis.
URL	https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/msr/vol11/iss2/8/

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