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This book presents a new English translation of and philological-historical commentary on Philo's In Flaccum, the only document extant that deals with the anti-Jewish pogrom in Alexandria in 38 CE.
Author : Philo (of Alexandria.)
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,55 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004131187
This book presents a new English translation of and philological-historical commentary on Philo's In Flaccum, the only document extant that deals with the anti-Jewish pogrom in Alexandria in 38 CE.
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Page : 277 pages
File Size : 23,75 MB
Release : 2005-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781589831889
Author : Dorothy I. Sly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 18,91 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1134681178
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 : Philo (of Alexandria)
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Page : pages
File Size : 28,35 MB
Release : 1949
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Author : Philo of Philo of Alexandria
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 25,18 MB
Release : 2017-09-22
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ISBN : 9781977515858
Philo of Alexandria), also called Philo Judaeus, was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt. Philo used philosophical allegory to harmonize Jewish scripture, mainly the Torah, with Greek philosophy. His method followed the practices of both Jewish exegesis and Stoic philosophy. His allegorical exegesis was important for several Christian Church Fathers, but he has barely any reception history within Rabbinic Judaism. He believed that literal interpretations of the Hebrew Bible would stifle humanity's perception of a God too complex and marvelous to be understood in literal human terms. Some scholars hold that his concept of the Logos as God's creative principle influenced early Christology. Other scholars deny direct influence but say that Philo and Early Christianity borrow from a common source. The only event in Philo's life that can be decisively dated is his participation in the embassy to Rome in 40 CE. He represented the Alexandrian Jews in a delegation to Roman Emperor Caligula following civil strife between the Alexandrian Jewish and Greek communities. The story of this event, and a few other biographical details, are found in Josephus and in Philo's own works, especially in Legatio ad Gaium (Embassy to Gaius) of which only two of the original five volumes survive. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.
Author : Charles Duke Philo
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Page : 558 pages
File Size : 45,70 MB
Release : 2011-10-01
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ISBN : 9781258136185
Author : Philo
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 22,96 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 : S. Daniel Breslauer
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 21,18 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0791497445
The Seductiveness of Jewish Myth offers a panorama of diverse definitions of myth, understandings of Judaism, and competing evaluations of the "mythic" element in religion. The contributors focus on the problem of defining myth as a category in religious studies, examine modern religion and the role of myth in a "secularized" world, and look at specific cases of Jewish myth from biblical through modern times.
Author : Philon d'Alexandrie
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Page : pages
File Size : 32,74 MB
Release : 1960
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Author : Pieter Willem van der Horst
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,46 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9783161488511
A collection of essays, most of which were published previously. Partial contents: