Any new developments in the last year, maybe things like a new approach of understanding Plato’s idea of aion if its any relevant?
On a similar topic there is:
Terms for Eternity: aiônios and aïdios in Classical and Christian Texts, Ilaria Ramelli, David Konstan,
Is that a pro Universalism book?
I suppose that’s debatable, though the authors are allegedly pro universalist, according to the Tentmaker site. Like the Keizer book it is a scholarly work, which is supposed to be objective & put aside one’s theological biases. I prefer Keizer’s since it translates the original language quotes into English more often than Ramelli’s.
I’d like to bump the thread. Any new findings in the meanwhile?
I might add something, there are papyri translated from early Christians in Egypt, there seems still a lot of work to do, since a lack of Greek scholars.
The result so far, these early Christian seemed to have lived a quite normal life and they were well integrated in their non-Christian communities.
Maybe if the work is continued there will be insights in their eschatological beliefs.