Deification in Classical Greek Philosophy and the Bible

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James Bernard Murphy (Dartmouth College, New Hampshire)

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Cambridge University Press
11 September 2025

Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Philosophy of religion; History of religion; New Testaments; Christian theology

To be human is to strive to be better, and we cannot be better without knowing what is best. In ancient Greek philosophy and the Bible, what is best is god. Plato and Aristotle argue that the goal of human life is to become as much like god as is humanly possible. Despite its obvious importance, this theme of assimilation to god has been neglected in Anglo-American scholarship. Classical Greek philosophy is best understood as a religious quest for divinity by means of rational discipline. By showing how Greek philosophy grows out of ancient Greek religion and how the philosophical quest for god compares to the biblical quest, we see Plato and Aristotle properly as major religious thinkers. In their shared quest for divine perfection, Greek philosophy and the Bible have enough in common to make their differences deeply illuminating.

By: James Bernard Murphy (Dartmouth College New Hampshire)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009392969
ISBN 10: 1009392964
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 11 September 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

JAMES BERNARD MURPHY is Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. He is also the author of How to Think Politically (with Graeme Garrard, 2019) and Haunted by Paradise: A Philosopher's Quest for Biblical Answers to Key Moral Questions (2021).

Reviews for Deification in Classical Greek Philosophy and the Bible

'This exciting and learned book offers a coherent framework for reading both Greek philosophy and the Scriptures as pedagogies of ascent. More radically, it recaptures deification as a central - if not the central - task of philosophy.' Christopher Justin Brophy, The Review of Politics