Ilaria L. E. Ramelli (born 1973) is an Italian-born historian, academic author, and university professor who specializes in ancient, late antique, and early mediaeval philosophy and theology.
Ilaria Ramelli | |
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Born | 1973 Piacenza |
Education | habilitation, postdoctoral degree, Doctor of Philosophy |
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Occupation | Historian, professeur des universités |
Position held | professor (Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas) |
Life
editIlaria Ramelli was born in Piacenza in 1973. At the age of 8, she was involved in a serious road accident that left her with serious after-effects, forcing her to lie down.[1][2] In her youth, she enjoyed painting.[3] One of her paintings appears on the cover of one of her books.[4]
Education
editShe earned two MAs (Classics with specialization in Early Christianity and Philosophy with specialization in History).[when?] She also holds a PhD (Classics and Early Christianity, 2000), a Doctorate honoris causa, a postdoctorate (Late Antiquity and Religion), and some Habilitations to Full Professor - Ordinarius (History of Philosophy, Classics, Greek Language and Literature).[5][6]
Academic appointments
editAfter being Professor of Roman History, [when?] Ramelli has been Full Professor of Theology and endowed Chair (Angelicum), Humboldt Fellow at Erfurt University, Max-Weber-Kolleg (Max Weber Center), and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society [when?] [7] as well as Professor (Durham University, Hon.; KUL) and Senior Member (CCSP, University of Cambridge).[8] She has also been, e.g., Senior Research Fellow in Ancient and Patristic Philosophy (both at Durham University, for two fellowships,[when?] and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford),[9] in Hellenic Studies at Princeton University, Fowler Hamilton Fellow at Oxford University.[10][11]
Awards
editRamelli has received a number of academic and scientific prizes and awards, including a Forschungspreis from the Humboldt Foundation (2017).[12][13]
Selected works
editAs author or co-author
edit- I romanzi antichi e il Cristianesimo: contesto e contatti, preface by B.P. Reardon, Madrid, Signifer 2001; Cascade Books, 2012. ISBN 978-1-62032-032-7.[14]
- Le nozze di Filologia e Mercurio, (Il Pensiero occidentale). Bompiani, 2001.[15][16][17]
- Allegoria, vol. I, L'età classica, Milan: Vita e Pensiero 2004, Temi metafisici e problemi del pensiero antico Series. ISBN 978-88-343-5007-2.
- Il βασιλεύς come νόμος ἔμψυχος tra diritto naturale e diritto divino: spunti platonici del concetto e sviluppi di età imperiale e tardoantica (Marcello Gigante International Classics Prize, 2006), Naples: Bibliopolis, 2006, Series: Memoirs of the Italian Institute of Philosophical Studies 34. ISBN 88-7088-528-3.[18]
- Hierocles the Stoic: elements of ethics, fragments and excerpts. Brill - Society of Biblical Literature, 2009.[19][20][21]
- Terms for eternity: Aiônios and aídios in classical and Christian texts. Gorgias Press, 2013;[22][23][24] Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021.
- The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis: A Critical Assessment from the New Testament To Eriugena. Brill, 2013.[25]
The book was reviewed, e.g., in Theological Studies,[26] Journal of Early Christian History,[27] The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition.[28] and The Journal of Theological Studies.[29] - Tempo ed eternità in età antica e patristica: filosofia greca, ebraismo e cristianesimo, Assisi: Cittadella, 2015. ISBN 978-88-308-1412-7.
- Evagrius’ Kephalaia Gnostika, Leiden-Atlanta: Brill-SBL, 2015. Pp. lxxxviii + 434. ISBN 1-62837-041-6 (hardback); ISBN 1-62837-039-4 (paperback)
- Social justice and the legitimacy of slavery: The role of philosophical asceticism from ancient Judaism to late antiquity. Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-19-877727-4.[30][31][32]
- A Larger Hope? 1, prefaced by Richard Bauckham, Cascade Books, 2019.[33]
- Bardaisan of Edessa: A Reassessment of the Evidence and a New Interpretation, Gorgias 2009; De Gruyter 2019.
- Patterns of Women’s Leadership in Ancient Christianity, co-edited, Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Eriugena’s Christian Neoplatonism and its Sources in Patristic and Ancient Philosophy, directed, Leuven: Peeters, 2021.[34]
As contributor
edit- "Unconditional Forgiveness in Christianity? Some reflections on ancient Christian sources and practices," in The Ethics of Forgiveness: A Collection of Essays (Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory). Routledge, 2011.[35][36][37]
- "The Universal and Eternal Validity of Jesus' Priestly Sacrifice: The Epistle to the Hebrews in Support of Origen's Theory of Apokatastasis," in A Cloud of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in its Ancient Contexts, edited by Richard Bauckham et al, Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2008.[38][39]
- "Divine Power in Origen of Alexandria: Sources and Aftermath," in Divine Powers in Late Antiquity, eds. Anna Marmodoro and Irini Fotini Viltanioti, Oxford: OUP, 2017, 177-198. ISBN 978-0-19-876720-6.
- "Gregory of Nyssa on the Soul (and the Restoration): From Plato to Origen," in Exploring Gregory of Nyssa: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives, eds Anna Marmodoro and Neil McLynn, Oxford: OUP, 2018, 110-141. ISBN 978-0-19-882642-2.
- "Origen," in A History of Mind and Body in Late Antiquity, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018, 245-266. ISBN 978-1-107-18121-2.
- "Epicureanism and Early Christianity," in Oxford Handbook to Epicurus and Epicureanism, ed. Phillip Mitsis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, 582-612. ISBN 978-0-19-974421-3.
- "Origen, Evagrius, and Dionysius," in Oxford Handbook of Dionysius the Areopagite, ed. Mark Edwards, Dimitrios Pallis, and Georgios Steiris, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, 94-108. ISBN 978-0-19-881079-7
As editor
edit- Musonio Rufo, Diatribe, frammenti e testimonianze, Milan: Bompiani, 2001. Pp. 357. ISBN 978-88-452-9099-2.
- Anneo Cornuto, Compendio di teologia greca, Milan: Bompiani, 2003, Il Pensiero Occidentale. Pp. 607. ISBN 88-452-9249-5.
- Diogene Laerzio, Vite e dottrine dei più celebri filosofi, co-edited, Milan: Bompiani, 2005, Il Pensiero Occidentale. ISBN 88-452-3301-4.
- Gregorio di Nissa, sull'Anima e la Resurrezione, testo greco a fronte. Milan: Bompiani, 2007.[40][41][42]
- Eschilo: Tutti i Frammenti con la Prima Traduzione degli Scolii Antichi e Bizantini, Milan: Bompiani, 2009, Il Pensiero Occidentale. Pp. 2061. ISBN 978-88-452-6289-0.
- Early Christian and Jewish Narrative: The Role of Religion in Shaping Narrative Forms, edited by Ilaria Ramelli and Judith Perkins, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015. ISBN 978-3-16-152033-4
- Evagrius, the Cappadocians, and Neoplatonism, edited volume, Leuven: Peeters 2017.
- Wiley-Blackwell Companion to World Literature - Volume One: To 600 CE, co-edited, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2020.
- T&T Clark Handbook to the Early Church, co-edited, London: T&T Clark Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
- Lovers of the Soul, Lovers of the Body. Phiilosophical and Religious Perspectives in Late Antiquity, Harvard University Press, 2022.
References
edit- ^ "La donna che sa tutte le lingue del mondo" (PDF). Il Giornale. 10 November 2002.
- ^ "A Light to Our Community". Mosaic. Michigan. 2014.
- ^ "Ilaria Ramelli on Redemptive Suffering" (PDF). The Beacon. Université de Chicago. 2010.
- ^ Social Justice and the Legitimacy of Slavery: The Role of Philosophical Asceticism from Ancient Judaism to Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. 2016.
- ^ "Ilaria L. E. Ramelli". wipfandstock.com. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Prof. Ilaria L.E. RAMELLI FRHistS". stanford.edu. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Current Fellows and Members | RHS". royalhistsoc.org. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ djt57@cam.ac.uk (8 February 2018). "Members — The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism". www.platonism.divinity.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ See the profiles at Durham University: https://www.dur.ac.uk/ias/fellows/cofundsnr/#Ramelli, and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford: https://www.ccc.ox.ac.uk/former-visiting-fellows Archived 13 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ See the profile on the website of Princeton University: https://hellenic.princeton.edu/people/ilaria-ramelli
- ^ "Adademic Profile".
- ^ "Biblical Studies and Early Christianity Newsletter December 2017". Brill. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Ilaria L. E. Ramelli - Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award". Humboldt Foundation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "I Romanzi Antichi e il Cristianesimo | WipfandStock.com". wipfandstock.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ Capella, Martianus (2001). Le nozze di Filologia e Mercurio. Ramelli, Ilaria. Milano: Bompiani. ISBN 88-452-9102-2. OCLC 49843737.
- ^ Polverini, Leandro (2004). "Review of Le nozze di Filologia e Mercurio, (Il Pensiero occidentale)". Aevum. 78 (1): 216–218. JSTOR 20861560.
- ^ Panti, Cecilia (2003). "Review of Le nozze di Filologia e Mercurio, («Il pensiero occidentale»)". Il Saggiatore musicale. 10 (2): 367–374. JSTOR 43029741.
- ^ "Memorie dell'Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici – Bibliopolis – Edizioni di Filosofia e Scienze" (in Italian). Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ Ramelli, Ilaria (2009). Hierocles the Stoic : elements of ethics, fragments and excerpts. Konstan, David. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 978-1-58983-419-4. OCLC 587468715.
- ^ Tsouni, Georgia (4 March 2012). "Review of: Hierocles the Stoic: Elements of Ethics, Fragments and Excerpts. Writings from the Greco-Roman World". Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
- ^ Wildberger, Jula (2015). "Review of . Hierocles the Stoic: Elements of Ethics, Fragments, and Excerpts. Translated by David Konstan. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009". Gnomon. 87: 399–405.
- ^ Ramelli, Ilaria (2013). Terms for eternity : aiônios and aídios in classical and Christian texts. Konstan, David. Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias. ISBN 978-1-4632-0316-0. OCLC 882242964.
- ^ Wolfe, B. N. (16 February 2009). "Review of: Terms for Eternity: aiônios and aïdios in Classical and Christian Texts". Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
- ^ "Review of Biblical Literature". www.bookreviews.org. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Ramelli, Ilaria (5 August 2013). The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis: A Critical Assessment from the New Testament to Eriugena. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-24570-9.
- ^ McClymond, Michael (November 2015). "Origenes Vindicatus vel Rufinus Redivivus? A Review of Ilaria Ramelli's The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis (2013)". Theological Studies. 76 (4): 813–826. doi:10.1177/0040563915605264. S2CID 171491356.
- ^ Wet, Chris L. de; Stenschke, Christoph (2015). "Book Review: The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis: A Critical Assessment from the New Testament To Eriugena". Journal of Early Christian History. 5 (2): 184–190. doi:10.1080/2222582X.2015.11877333. S2CID 218601329.
- ^ Meredith, Anthony (August 2014). "Book review: The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis A Critical Assessment from the New Testament To Eriugena, written by Ilaria Ramelli". The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition. 8 (2): 255–257. doi:10.1163/18725473-12341295.
- ^ Edwards, M. J. (1 October 2014). "The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis: A Critical Assessment from the New Testament to Eriugena. By ILARIA L. E. RAMELLI". The Journal of Theological Studies. 65 (2): 718–724. doi:10.1093/jts/flu075.
- ^ Tobon, Monica (April 2018). "SLAVERY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PHILOSOPHY - (I.L.E.) Ramelli Social Justice and the Legitimacy of Slavery. The Role of Philosophical Asceticism from Ancient Judaism to Late Antiquity. Pp. xvi + 293. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Cased, £70, US$99. ISBN: 978-0-19-877727-4". The Classical Review. 68 (1): 126–128. doi:10.1017/S0009840X17002207. S2CID 165946324.
- ^ Konstan, David (2018). "Social Justice and the Legitimacy of Slavery: The Role of Philosophical Asceticism from Ancient Judaism to Late Antiquity by Ilaria L. E. Ramelli". Classical World. 111 (2): 275–276. doi:10.1353/clw.2018.0011.
- ^ Ramelli, Ilaria L. E. (2016). Social Justice and the Legitimacy of Slavery: The Role of Philosophical Asceticism from Ancient Judaism to Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-108306-8.
- ^ "A Larger Hope?, Volume 1 | WipfandStock.com". wipfandstock.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Peeters Publishers Leuven". www.peeters-leuven.be. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ The ethics of forgiveness : a collection of essays. Fricke, Christel. New York: Routledge. 2011. ISBN 978-0-415-88543-0. OCLC 617619350.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Cowley, Christopher (May 2012). "The Ethics of Forgiveness: A Collection of Essays". International Journal of Philosophical Studies. 20 (2): 289–294. doi:10.1080/09672559.2011.634233. S2CID 145292695.
- ^ Pettigrove, Glen (2013). "Christel Fricke (ed.), The Ethics of Forgiveness: A Collection of Essays (New York: Routledge, 2011) 212 pp. ISBN: 9780415885430. £76.00". Journal of Moral Philosophy. 10 (4): 564–566. doi:10.1163/17455243-01004006.
- ^ A cloud of witnesses : the theology of Hebrews in its ancient contexts. Bauckham, Richard. London: T & T Clark. 2008. ISBN 978-0-567-14775-2. OCLC 698127529.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Swetnam, James (2009). "Review of A Cloud of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in Its Ancient Contexts (Library of New Testament Studies 387)". The Catholic Biblical Quarterly. 71 (3): 680–682. JSTOR 43709869.
- ^ Gregory of Nyssa, Saint (2007). Sull'anima e la resurrezione. Ramelli, Ilaria. (1. ed. Bompiani Il pensiero occidentale ed.). [Milan, Italy]: Bompiani. ISBN 978-88-452-5974-6. OCLC 191923017.
- ^ Tzamalikos, P. (2008). "Review of Gregorio di Nyssa, sull'Anima e la Resurrezione, testo greco a fronte". Vigiliae Christianae. 62 (5): 515–523. doi:10.1163/157007208X333993. JSTOR 20474891.
- ^ Edwards, Mark J. (October 2009). "Gregorio di Nissa. Sull'anima e la resurrezione. Testo greco a fronte. Edited by Ilaria Ramelli. (Il Pensiero Occidentale.) Pp. 1,367. Milan: Bompiani, 2007. €34. 978 88 452 5974 6". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 60 (4): 764. doi:10.1017/s0022046909990686. S2CID 162519091.