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Joel Kalvesmaki, The Theology of Arithmetic: Number Symbolism in Platonism and Early Christianity
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Generating the World of Numbers: Pythagorean and Platonist Number Symbolism in the First Century
3. The Rise of the Early Christian Theology of Arithmetic: The Valentinians
4. The Apogee of Valentinian Number Symbolism: Marcus “Magus”
5. Alternate Paths in the Early Christian Theology of Arithmetic: Monoïmus and the Paraphrase of the “Apophasis Megale”
6. The Orthodox Limits of the Theology of Arithmetic: Irenaeus of Lyons
7. The Orthodox Possibilities of the Theology of Arithmetic: Clement of Alexandria
8. How the Early Christian Theology of Arithmetic Shaped Neo-Platonism and Late Antique Christianity
Excursus A. One versus One: The Differentiation between Hen and Monad in Hellenistic and Late Antique Philosophy
Excursus B. The Pythagorean Symbol of the Τετρακτύς
Excursus C. The Dyadic Character of A Valentinian Exposition
Appendix. Greek Texts
Bibliography
To cite this work:
Kalvesmaki, Joel. 2013. The Theology of Arithmetic: Number Symbolism in Platonism and Early Christianity. Hellenic Studies Series 59. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies.
