Ilaria Ramelli
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.
Academic appointments
After being Professor of Roman History, 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[1] as well as Professor (Durham University, Hon.) and Senior Member (CCSP, University of Cambridge).[2] She has also been, e.g., Senior Research Fellow in Ancient and Patristic Philosophy (both at Durham University, for two fellowships, and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford),[3] in Hellenic Studies at Princeton University, Fowler Hamilton Fellow at Oxford University.[4][5]
Awards
Ramelli has received a number of academic and scientific prizes and awards, including a Forschungspreis from the Humboldt Foundation (2017).[6][7]
Selected works
As author or co-author
- 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.[8]
- Le nozze di Filologia e Mercurio, (Il Pensiero occidentale). Bompiani, 2001.[9][10][11]
- Allegoria, vol. I, L'età classica, Milan: Vita e Pensiero 2004, Temi metafisici e problemi del pensiero antico Series. ISBN 9788834350072.
- 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.[12]
- Hierocles the Stoic: elements of ethics, fragments and excerpts. Brill - Society of Biblical Literature, 2009.[13][14][15]
- Terms for eternity: Aiônios and aídios in classical and Christian texts. Gorgias Press, 2013.[16][17][18]
- The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis: A Critical Assessment from the New Testament To Eriugena. Brill, 2013.[19]
The book was reviewed, e.g., in Theological Studies,[20] Journal of Early Christian History,[21] The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition.[22] and The Journal of Theological Studies.[23] - 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 1628370416 (hardback); ISBN 1628370394 (paperback)
- Social justice and the legitimacy of slavery: The role of philosophical asceticism from ancient Judaism to late antiquity. Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0198777274.[24][25][26]
- A Lager Hope? 1, prefaced by Richard Bauckham, Cascade Books, 2019.[27]
- 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, 2020 or 2021.
As contributor
- "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.[28][29][30]
- "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.[31][32]
- "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 9780198826422.
- "Origen," in A History of Mind and Body in Late Antiquity, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018, 245-266. ISBN 9781107181212.
As editor
- Gregorio di Nissa, sull'Anima e la Resurrezione, testo greco a fronte. Bompiani, 2007.[33] [34][35]
- 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.
References
- "Current Fellows and Members | RHS". royalhistsoc.org. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- djt57@cam.ac.uk. "Members — The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism". www.platonism.divinity.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- 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
- 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. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- "I Romanzi Antichi e il Cristianesimo | WipfandStock.com". wipfandstock.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- Capella, Martianus (2001). Le nozze di Filologia e Mercurio. Ramelli, Ilaria. Milano: Bompiani. ISBN 8845291022. OCLC 49843737.
- Polverini, L. (2004). Aevum, 78(1), 216-218. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20861560
- Panti, C. (2003). Il Saggiatore Musicale, 10(2), 367-374. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/43029741
- "Memorie dell'Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici – Bibliopolis – Edizioni di Filosofia e Scienze" (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- Ramelli, Ilaria (2009). Hierocles the Stoic : elements of ethics, fragments and excerpts. Konstan, David. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 9781589834194. OCLC 587468715.
- Tsouni, Georgia (2012-03-04). "Review of: Hierocles the Stoic: Elements of Ethics, Fragments and Excerpts. Writings from the Greco-Roman World". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
- 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 9781463203160. OCLC 882242964.
- Wolfe, B. N. (2009-02-16). "Review of: Terms for Eternity: aiônios and aïdios in Classical and Christian Texts". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
- "Review of Biblical Literature". www.bookreviews.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- Ramelli, Ilaria (2013-08-05). 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.
- 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.
- 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. (2014-10-01). "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. ISSN 0022-5185.
- Tobon, Monica (2018-01-11). "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". The Classical Review. 68 (1): 126–128. doi:10.1017/S0009840X17002207. ISBN 978-0-19-877727-4. ISSN 0009-840X.
- Konstan, David (2018-02-16). "Social Justice and the Legitimacy of Slavery: The Role of Philosophical Asceticism from Ancient Judaism to Late Antiquity by Ilaria L. E. Ramelli (review)". Classical World. 111 (2): 275–276. doi:10.1353/clw.2018.0011. ISSN 1558-9234.
- Ramelli, Ilaria L. E. (2016-11-24). Social Justice and the Legitimacy of Slavery: The Role of Philosophical Asceticism from Ancient Judaism to Late Antiquity. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-877727-4.
- "A Larger Hope?, Volume 1 | WipfandStock.com". wipfandstock.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- The ethics of forgiveness : a collection of essays. Fricke, Christel. New York: Routledge. 2011. ISBN 9780415885430. OCLC 617619350.CS1 maint: others (link)
- Cowley, Christopher (2012-05-01). "The Ethics of Forgiveness: A Collection of Essays". International Journal of Philosophical Studies. 20 (2): 289–294. doi:10.1080/09672559.2011.634233. ISSN 0967-2559.
- Pettigrove, Glen (2013-01-01). "Christel Fricke (ed.), The Ethics of Forgiveness: A Collection of Essays (New York: Routledge, 2011) 212 pp. £76.00". Journal of Moral Philosophy. 10 (4): 564–566. doi:10.1163/17455243-01004006. ISBN 9780415885430. ISSN 1745-5243.
- A cloud of witnesses : the theology of Hebrews in its ancient contexts. Bauckham, Richard. London: T & T Clark. 2008. ISBN 9780567147752. OCLC 698127529.CS1 maint: others (link)
- Swetnam, J. (2009). The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 71(3), 680-682. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/43709869
- Gregory of Nyssa, Saint (2007). Sull'anima e la resurrezione. Ramelli, Ilaria. (1. ed. Bompiani Il pensiero occidentale ed.). [Milan, Italy]: Bompiani. ISBN 978-8845259746. OCLC 191923017.
- Tzamalikos, P. (2008). Vigiliae Christianae, 62(5), 515-523. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20474891
- Edwards, Mark J. (2009-10-26). "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. ISSN 0022-0469.