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The Theology of Arithmetic: Number Symbolism in Platonism and Early Christianity yoga for pain relief a sharp-eyed critique of theAuthor Contributor(s): Kalvesmaki, Joel Publisher: Harvard University Press Date: 05 06 2013 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW In the second century, Valentinians and other gnosticizing Christians used numerical structures and symbols to describe God, interpret the Bible, and frame the universe. In this study of the controversy that resulted, Joel Kalvesmaki shows how earlier neo Pythagorean and Platonist number symbolism provided the impetus for this