When Athens Met Jerusalem: An Introduction to Classical and Christian Thought. John Mark Reynolds. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2009. Summary: The Christian message advanced in a Greco-Roman World prepared in many ways by both the failure of the Homeric gods and the classic philosophers. This book explores the intellectual antecedents to the gospel in pre-Socratic, Socratic, Platonic and Aristotelian thought, culminating when Jerusalem meets Athens when Paul preaches on Mars Hill. … [Read more...] about Book Review: When Athens Met Jerusalem, by John Mark Reynolds