Dionysius the Areopagite: Father of Mysticism?

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Intended to be primarily a close reading of (Pseudo-) Dionysius the Aeropagite (ca. 500), whose small corpus of works profoundly influenced subsequent Christian thought. Analyzes his background, his treatises and "epistles," noting his sources and parallels in preceding and contemporary Christian, pagan Neoplatonist, and Jewish mystical literature. Also traces out the Dionysian "trajectory" in selected later Eastern Christian writers.