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ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY &#38; RELIGION ColloquiumUniversity of Cambridge, May 14th-16th, 2014Convenor: George van Kooten, Cambridge / GroningenAttendance is free and open to all academics and postgraduates, but those from outside Cambridge are asked to register by emailing gv258@cam.ac.ukPapers will be published in a new Brill Series “Ancient Philosophy &#38; Religion” (editors: George-Boys Stones, Durham; George van Kooten, Groningen)WEDNESDAY EVENING May 14th (Clare Hall - Herschel Road, Meeting Room; entrance via Porter’s Lodge)8-9 pm Judith Lieu (Cambridge), Perspectives on Marcion and Justin Martyr9-10 pm Bernhard Lang (Aarhus/Paderborn), The Religion of the Ancient Cynic Philosophers and Its Bearing on the Early Jesus MovementTHURSDAY May 15th (Divinity Faculty, Room 2)9.00-9.55 am David Sedley (Cambridge), "Carneades' theological arguments"9.55-10.50 am Nick Denyer (Cambridge), "The real Euthyphro problem, solved"Coffee break (10.50-11.10 am)11.10-12.05 pm Frisbee Sheffield (Cambridge), "Eros and piety"12.05 -1.00 pm Daniele Pevarello (Trinity College Dublin), "Criticism of verbosity in ancient philosophical and early Christian writings"Lunch for speakers at Clare Hall (1-2 pm)2-3 pm George van Kooten (Cambridge/Groningen), "The Last Days of Socrates and Christ: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo read in counterpoint with John’s Gospel"3-4 pm Ilinca Tanaseanu-Döbler (Göttingen), "Neoplatonic readings of the incarnation"FRIDAY May 16th (Divinity Faculty, Runcie Room)9.00-9.55 am Anders Klostergaard Petersen (Aarhus), "Philosophy and religion and their interactions in the ancient Graeco-Roman World on the basis of 4 Maccabees"9.55-10.50 am Helen Van Noorden (Cambridge), "Philosophical traces in the Sibylline Oracles"Coffee break (10.50-11.10 am)11.10-12.05 pm Simon Gathercole (Cambridge), "Christians according to second-century philosophers"12.05-1.00 pm Rebecca Flemming (TBC) (Cambridge), "Galen on Jews and Christians"Lunch for speakers at Clare Hall (1-2 pm)---George van KootenVisiting Fellow Clare Hall, CambridgeVisiting Fellow Faculty of Divinity, University of CambridgeWebsite: http://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/directory/george-van-kootenAddress:Clare Hall, Herschel Road, Cambridge CB3 9AL, United Kingdom