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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 : Ellen Birnbaum
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 19,89 MB
Release : 2020-09-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004423648
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 : Jean Danielou
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 35,67 MB
Release : 2014-12-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0227902599
Jean Danielou's 'Philo of Alexandria' illuminates the life and work of a key figure in the history of religious thought. Philo of Alexandria was a first-century Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who was born into a wealthy and prominent family in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt. Educated in both Jewish culture and Greek philosophy, Philo believed that literal interpretations of the Hebrew Bible would distort the Jewish people's perceptions of a God too complex to be understood in literal, human terms. He became one of the first religious thinkers to initiate a strong allegorical reading of Scripture. Jean Danielou places Philo's writing in context, detailing the remarkable events of the philosopher's life, including a diplomatic mission to present himself before the Roman Emperor Caligula on behalf of the persecuted Jews of Alexandria. James Colbert's English translation provides a highly accessible introduction to this important figure, a pioneer of biblical commentary whose work has had a lasting influence on Christian theology. It is essential reading for those interested in patristics, exegesis, or the history of religious and philosophical thought.
Author : Charles Duke Philo
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 945 pages
File Size : 10,92 MB
Release : 1991-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1565638093
Foreword by David M. Scholer is dated May 2008.
Author : Samuel Sandmel
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,41 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Abraham
ISBN :
Author : Philo
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 48,44 MB
Release : 2023-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
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 : Maren Niehoff
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 17,56 MB
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 030017523X
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 : Albert Geljon
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 45,20 MB
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004417516
Philo of Alexandria (died c. 50 CE) is famous for his complex and spiritually rich allegorical treatises on the Greek Bible. This volume continues the series on the interpretation of Noah, focussing on his planting of a vineyard in Gen 9:20.
Author : Philo (of Alexandria.)
Publisher :
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 45,82 MB
Release : 1800
Category : Philosophy, Ancient
ISBN :
Author : Mireille Hadas-Lebel
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 27,59 MB
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004232370
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 : Joan E. Taylor
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 39,84 MB
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004439234
De Vita Contemplativa is known for its depiction of a philosophical group of Jewish men and women known as the ‘Therapeutae’. This commentary sets the treatise in its historical context and explores Philo’s aims in depicting them as he did.