Clement of Alexandria: A Study in Christian Platonism and Gnosticism [Paperback]

Salvatore R. C. Lilla (Author)

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• Paperback: 266 pages
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers (March 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597521256
• ISBN-13: 978-1597521253
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,936,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Only for initiates, June 22, 2011

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This review is from: Clement of Alexandria: A Study in Christian Platonism and Gnosticism (Paperback)

"Clement of Alexandria" is a very interesting book about the Alexandrine Church Father who was influenced by Philo, Middle Platonism and Gnosticism. Unfortunately, Lilla's book is replete with long, untranslated sentences in Greek, taken from both Clement's writings and those of his inspirators. This makes it difficult to read for a general audience. Essentially, "Clement of Alexandria" is a book only for those initiated into a working knowledge of ancient Greek.

Frankly, I was somewhat disappointed. It's all Greek to me!

As a humorous side point, I noticed that Lilla does translate the Gnostic quotes. Presumably, the author doesn't expect even a narrow scholarly audience to have a working knowledge of Coptic...

Why not, Salvatore? Too esoteric, perhaps? ;-)

The book is worth five stars, but since it's so narrow, I'll only give it three (the OK rating).