Philo of Alexandria 'On The Life Of Moses'
Author: Apostle Horn
Publisher: Lulu.com
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Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 0244744963
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Author: Apostle Horn
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published:
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 0244744963
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles Duke Philo
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Published: 1991-10
Total Pages: 945
ISBN-13: 1565638093
DOWNLOAD EBOOKForeword by David M. Scholer is dated May 2008.
Author: Philo (of Alexandria)
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Published: 1929
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhilo, the famous Jewish philosopher, (born C.20 B.C.) apparently lived all his life in Alexandria except when he occasionally left it as in A.D. 39-40 when he went to Rome with others to plead with the emperor Gaius not to claim divine honours from the Jews. He is the most important example of the Hellenised Jews outside Palestine, as much Greek as Jewish, especially in literary attitude and philosophy, though he believed wholly in the Mosaic scriptures and in one God whose chief mediator with the world is the Logos or Reason of God. Most of his many works are apparently parts large works of which we may distinguish three on the Pentateuch -- an exposition of Genesis and Exodus; a very long allegorical commentary on legislation including the creation, and lives of (biblical) sages as types of morality. There are also separate wirtings such as a life of Moses, two works on Gaius arrogance and Philos appeal to him; one providence (known in an Armenian translation only); and others. There are also some works perhaps wrongly ascribed to Philo.
Author: Ellen Birnbaum
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-09-07
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9004423648
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 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: Louis H. Feldman
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
Published: 2016-12-15
Total Pages: 555
ISBN-13: 0268159521
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhilo's Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism presents the most comprehensive study of Philo's De Vita Mosis that exists in any language. Feldman, well known for his work on Josephus and ancient Judaism, here paves new ground using rabbinic material with philological precision to illuminate important parallels and differences between Philo's writing on Moses and rabbinic literature. One way in which Hellenistic culture marginalized Judaism was by exposing the apparent defects in Moses' life and character. Philo's De Vita Mosis is a counterattack to these charges and is a vital piece of his attempt to reconcile Judaism and Hellenism. Feldman rigorously examines the text and shows how Philo presents a narrative of Moses's life similar to that of a mythical divine and heroic figure, glorifying his birth, education, and virtues. Feldman demonstrates that Philo is careful to explain in a scientific way those portions of the Bible, particularly miracles, that appear incredible to his skeptical Hellenistic readers. Through Feldman's careful analysis, Moses emerges as unique among ancient lawgivers. Philo's Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism mirrors the organization of Philo's biography of Moses, which is in two books, the first, in the style of Plutarch, proceeding chronologically, and the second, in the style of Suetonius, arranged topically. Following an introductory chapter, Feldman's study discusses the life of Moses chronologically in the second chapter and examines his virtues topically in the third. Feldman compares the particular features of Philo's portrait of Moses with the way in which Moses is viewed both by Jewish sources in antiquity (including Pseudo-Philo; Josephus; Graeco-Jewish historians, poets, and philosophers; and in the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Samaritan tradition, Dead Sea Scrolls, and rabbinic tradition) and by non-Jewish sources, notably the Greek and Roman writers who mention him.
Author: Phillip Rousseau
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0813231914
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Philo
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2023-11-19
Total Pages: 93
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn 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: Joan E. Taylor
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-11-09
Total Pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9004439234
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDe 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.
Author: Emil Schürer
Publisher: Schocken
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 440
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Maren Niehoff
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2018-01-01
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 030017523X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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