The seminars were held at six annual meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature, and the first volume that emerged from them highlights the dissolution of traditionally rather firm boundaries for thinking about the interpretation of Plato's work during the early period. The 15 papers include discussions of Speusippus' neutral conception of the one and Plato's Parmenides, the indefinite dyad in Sextus Empiricus' report (Adversus Mathematicos 10.248-283) and Plato's Parmenides, the Greek text behind the parallel sections in Zostrianos and Marius Victorius, and negative theology and radical conceptual purification in the anonymous Commentary on Plato's Parmenides. The other volume considers the reception in Patristic, Gnostic, and Christian Neoplatonic texts. The two volumes are paged, indexed, and sold separately. Annotation 2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
