Philo S Alexandria

Author : Dorothy I. Sly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134681174

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Philo's Alexandria by Dorothy I. Sly Pdf

First-century Alexandria vied with Rome to be the greatest city of the Roman empire. More than half a million people lived in its cosmopolitan four square miles. It was a major centre for international trade and shipping. Little remains of Alexandria's golden age. Few papyrus records of the city survive. Archaeologists' attempts to reveal its past have been frustrated by years of subsidence, earthquakes and continuous demolition and rebuilding. Our main guide to the city is Philo, an Alexandrian Jew, who, sometimes inadvertantly, incorporated information about his home city into his copious religious writings. In this compelling new study, Dorothy I. Sly searches through Philo's treatises for information about Alexandria. By recognising his shortcomings and prejudices, and questioning his judgements, she builds up an authentic picture of life in the first century.

Author : Torrey Seland
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802870698

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Reading Philo by Torrey Seland Pdf

A contemporary of both Jesus and the apostle Paul, Philo was a prolific Jewish theologian, philosopher, and politician -- a fascinating, somewhat enigmatic figure -- who lived his entire life in Alexandria, Egypt. His many books are important sources for our understanding of ancient Judaism, early Christianity, and the philosophical currents of that time. Reading Philo is an excellent introductory guide to Philo s work and significance. The contributors -- all well-known experts on Philo of Alexandria -- discuss Philo in context, offer methodological considerations (how best to study Philo), and explore Philo s ongoing relevance and value (why reading him is important). This practical volume will be an indispensable resource for anyone delving into Philo and his world.

Author : Jutta Leonhardt,Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Jewish worship
ISBN : 3161475976

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Jewish Worship in Philo of Alexandria by Jutta Leonhardt,Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer Pdf

As a knowledgeable contemporary of the later Second Temple, Philo of Alexandria's approach to worship and his view of the essence of Jewish worship are of particular interest to the study of that period. Jutta Leonhardt discusses his views on the Jewish festivals, especially the Sabbath, on prayer, psalms, hymns, praise and thanksgiving, and on Temple offerings, sacrifices and purification rites. These aspects are presented with their parallels in Jewish and pagan traditions and in Greek and Hellenistic philosophy. Jewish worship in Philo has never been studied as a coherent whole before. Only individual aspects of worship, such as prayer of petition, or thanksgiving, or Philo has been used in studies on Second Temple Judaism as a quarry for general examples of acts of worship.Philo accepted and participated in Jewish worship, and even knew about details of various Jewish traditions of his time. His writings, however, do not refer to them directly and cannot easily be used to reconstruct Jewish rituals of his time. His main aim is to discuss the rites as collected in the Mosaic Torah, since these are binding for all Jews. These laws are frequently presented using the terminology of pagan cults and interpreted with recourse to Greek philosophy. In this philosophical description of actual rites there are parallels to Plato's references to religion in the ideal state in the Nomoi. Philo presents Judaism as the ultimate Hellenistic cult, which combines the various aspects of the different pagan cults in a sublime and perfect form to represent mankind and the universe in the worship of the one God who created the world.

Author : Samuel Sandmel
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015002189747

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Philo of Alexandria by Samuel Sandmel Pdf

Samuel Sandmel's book: Philo of Alexandria: An Introduction, is a basic introductory, supplementing his own teacher' Goodenough: 'An Introduction to Philo Judaeus, ' and foundation to more recent works on Philo.

Author : Maren Niehoff
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300175233

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Philo of Alexandria by Maren Niehoff Pdf

This first biography of Philo of Alexandria, one of antiquity's most prolific yet enigmatic authors, traces his intellectual development from Bible interpreter to diplomat in Rome

Author : David Winston,John M. Dillon
Publisher : Brown Judaic Studies
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015049235271

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Two Treatises of Philo of Alexandria by David Winston,John M. Dillon Pdf

Author : Ellen Birnbaum,John M. Dillon
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004423640

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Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham by Ellen Birnbaum,John M. Dillon Pdf

In this new English translation and commentary of Philo’s On the Life of Abraham Ellen Birnbaum and John Dillon show how and why this unique biography displays Philo’s philosophical, exegetical, and literary genius at its best.

Author : Mireille Hadas-Lebel
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004232372

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Philo of Alexandria by Mireille Hadas-Lebel Pdf

Philo (20BCE?-45CE?) is the most illustrious son of Alexandrian Jewry and the first major scholar to combine a deep Jewish learning with Greek philosophy. His unique allegorical exegesis of the Greek Bible was to have a profound influence on the early fathers of the Church. Philo was, above all, a philosopher, but he was also intensely practical in his defence of the Jewish faith and law in general, and that of Alexandria’s embattled Jewish community in particular. A famous example was his leadership of a perilous mission to plead the community’s cause to Emperor Caligula. This monograph provides a guide to Philo's life, his thought and his action, as well as his continuing influence on theological and philosophical thought.

Author : Philo
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547726623

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On the Embassy to Gaius by Philo Pdf

An ancient Roman history text, translated by Charles Yonge, and written by the Greek philosopher Philo of Alexandria. The Embassy to Gaius was a meeting between Gaius Caligula, the then Roman Emperor, and a large contingent of Jews. They wished to overturn Gaius' plans to have a huge statue of Zeus installed in the temple. Gaius' hatred of the Jews is legendary. This book is important because it helps to understand the relations between Jews and Romans in the first century A.D.

Author : Charles Duke Philo
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 1920 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781619701168

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The Works of Philo by Charles Duke Philo Pdf

An affordable edition of Philo! A contemporary of Jesus and Paul, Philo wrote extensively on the Hebrew Scriptures and other Jewish topics, but few have read his work because all available sets were pricey. This edition features modern type, passages keyed to the Loeb referencing system, and several newly translated sections not found in other editions.

Author : David T. Runia,Gregory E. Sterling
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884145523

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The Studia Philonica Annual XXXIII, 2021 by David T. Runia,Gregory E. Sterling Pdf

Studies on Philo and Hellenistic Judaism from experts in the field The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of Hellenistic Judaism, particularly the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria (circa 15 BCE to circa 50 CE). Volume 33 includes a special section on the history of editions of Philo, five general articles on Philo’s work, an annotated bibliography, and thirteen book reviews.

Author : Hans Svebakken
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781589836198

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Philo of Alexandria's Exposition on the Tenth Commandment by Hans Svebakken Pdf

In his comprehensive exposition of the Tenth Commandment (Spec. 4.79–131), Philo considers the prohibition “You shall not desire”: what sort of desire it prohibits (and why) and how the Mosaic dietary laws collectively enforce that prohibition. This volume offers the first complete study of Philo’s exposition, beginning with an overview of its content, context, and place in previous research. In-depth studies of Philo’s concept of desire and his concept of self-control provide background and demonstrate Philo’s fundamental agreement with contemporary Middle-Platonic moral psychology, especially in his theory of emotion (pathos). A new translation of the exposition, with commentary, offers a definitive explanation of Philo’s view of the Tenth Commandment, including precisely the sort of excessive desire it targets and how the dietary laws work as practical exercises for training the soul in self-control.

Author : Francesca Alesse,Ludovica De Luca
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Mythology, Greek
ISBN : 9004411607

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Philo of Alexandria and Greek Myth by Francesca Alesse,Ludovica De Luca Pdf

In Philo of Alexandria and Greek Myth: Narratives, Allegories, and Arguments, a fresh and more complete image of Philo of Alexandria as a careful reader, interpreter, and critic of Greek literature is offered. Greek mythology plays a significant role in Philo of Alexandria's exegetical oeuvre. Philo explicitly adopts or subtly evokes narratives, episodes and figures from Greek mythology as symbols whose didactic function we need to unravel, exactly as the hidden teaching of Moses' narration has to be revealed by interpreters of Bible. By analyzing specific mythologems and narrative cycles, the contributions to this volume pave the way to a better understanding of Philo's different attitudes towards literary and philosophical mythology.

Author : Francesca Alesse
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004167483

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Philo of Alexandria and Post-Aristotelian Philosophy by Francesca Alesse Pdf

An inquiry drawing on the presence of Hellenistic philosophy in Philo provides a better knowledge of the diffusion of Hellenistic philosophy since the late Republican age, as well as the relationship between Philoa (TM)s reception and other doxohraphical tradition.

Author : Naomi G. Cohen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004163126

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Philo's Scriptures by Naomi G. Cohen Pdf

Philo's rare citations from the Prophets and Writings shed light on the nature of his sources, and the specific quotations from the Prophets provide evidence for the existence, already in the 1st century CE, of an important traditional "Haftarah Cycle,"