This volume contains the proceedings of an international conference held in Leuven in June 2017
as a follow-up to a previous meeting that dealt with views on the origin of the cosmos in Greek
philosophical and early Christian tradition (published in STAC 104 2017). The second
conference focused on how both traditions have reflected on the end or the goal towards which
the cosmos is moving. The Judeo-Christian concept of a creation with temporal development and
the philosophical notion of the eternity of the world evidently represent two very different
positions. Yet there are also clear signs of convergence and of the latter influencing the
former. The essays show there is common interest in reflecting not only on the principles that
govern cosmology and on how the cosmos is reverting on its principles but also on the answers
provided in each tradition.
