Description: In this volume, the pseudo-Platonic dialogue "Axiochus" is integrated for the first time philologically and philosophically into the context of the so-called Middle Platonism and the intense reception of this "ars moriendi" in the early modern period is examined.
Brief description: Geboren 1952; 1986 Promotion; 1991 Habilitation; Professor em. für Neues Testament in Göttingen; Mitglied der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen.