The Theology of Arithmetic: Number Symbolism in Platonism and Early Christianity Jean-Marie Ragon finished with colored end papers

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The Theology of Arithmetic: Number Symbolism in Platonism and Early Christianity Jean-Marie Ragon finished with colored end papersIn the second century, Valentinians and other gnosticizing Christians used numerical structures and symbols to describe God, interpret the Bible, and frame the universe. In this study of the controversy that resulted, Joel Kalvesmaki shows how earlier neo Pythagorean and Platonist number symbolism provided the impetus for this theology of arithmetic, and describes the ways in which gnosticizing groups attempted to engage both the Platonist and