Athens and Jerusalem : The Philosophical Critique of Christianity in Late Antiquity and the Enlightenment.

Intro
Contents
Chapter 1 Philosophy and Christianity: The Occidental Synthesis
Chapter 2 The Return of the Ostracized
1 Late Antique Critics of Christianity in the Early Modern Era
1.1 Non-philosophical Works
1.2 Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius
1.3 Celsus
1.4 Fronto and the Pagan Caecilius in Minucius Felix's Octavius
1.5 Porphyry
1.6 The Anonymous Pagan in Macarius of Magnesia
1.7 The Bithynian 'Antistes Philosophiae'
1.8 Julian
1.9 Salustius [Salutius]
1.10 Hierocles and Philostratus
1.11 Plotinus
1.12 Alexander of Lycopolis
1.13 Iamblichus
1.14 Eunapius
1.15 Proclus
1.16 The viri novi in Arnobius, the Pagan Objections in Ambrosiaster and the Consultationes Zacchaei
2 Difficulties with Late Antiquity
Chapter 3 The Attack on Holy Scripture
Chapter 4 Philosophical-Theological Dissent
1 Faith
1.1 Alogos pistis: 'Blind Faith'
1.2 Ut omnes unum sint: The Unity in Faith and Intolerance
2 Miracles
2.1 Miracles in Ancient Philosophy and Christianity
2.1.1 From Plato to Philostratus
2.1.2 The Critics of Christianity
2.1.3 The Church Fathers
2.2 Arguments against the Christian Belief in Miracles
2.2.1 Miracles in Comparison
2.2.2 Eyewitness Accounts of Miracles
2.2.3 Miracles and the Natural Order
2.2.4 The Resurrection of Jesus
3 Morality
3.1 Vertus Outrées: Poverty, Humility, and the Other Cheek
3.2 External Justice and Easy Atonement: The Value of Moral Action
Chapter 5 Epilogue
Bibliography
Index of Biblical Passages
Index of Anonymous Texts
Index of Names
Mythological and Biblical Figures
Index of Subjects.