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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: 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
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2023-11-19
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13:
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: 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
Author: Albert Geljon
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019-11-04
Total Pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9004417516
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Jewish exegete and philosopher Philo of Alexandria has long been famous for his complex and spiritually rich allegorical treatises on the Greek Bible. The present volume presents first translation and commentary in English on his treatise De plantatione (On planting), following on the volume devoted to On cultivation published previously by the same two authors. Philo gives a virtuoso performance as allegorist, interpreting Noah’s planting of a vineyard in Genesis 9.20 first in theological and cosmological terms, then moving to the spiritual quest of both of advanced souls and those beginning their journey. The translation renders Philo’s baroque Greek into readable modern English. The commentary pays particular attention to the treatise’s structure, its biblical basis and its exegetical and philosophical contents.
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: John A. Tvedtnes
Publisher: Brigham Young University Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780934893596
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraditions about the Early Life of Abraham represents the first in a series of books in the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) collection at Brigham Young University. Here the authors have assembled and translated more than 100 ancient and medieval stories from their original Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Persian, Coptic, and Egyptian sources, all in an effort to piece together the early life of Abraham. This unprecedented compilation sheds new light on the Book of Abraham as an authentic ancient text and will be a welcome resource for biblical and religious studies scholars.
Author: Carol Delaney
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2000-10
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780691070506
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough his desire to obey God at all costs, even if it meant sacrificing his son, Abraham became the definitive model of faith for the major world religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In this bold look at the legacy of this story, Carol Delaney explores how the sacrifice rather than the protection of children became the focus of faith. Her strikingly original analysis also offers a new perspective on what unites and divides the peoples of the sibling religions derived from Abraham and, implicitly, a way to overcome the increasing violence among them.
Author: Ronald Hendel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2019-09-10
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 0691196834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring its 2,500-year life, the book of Genesis has been the keystone to important claims about God and humanity in Judaism and Christianity, and it plays a central role in contemporary debates about science, politics, and human rights. The authors provide a panoramic history of this iconic book, exploring its impact on Western religion, philosophy, literature, art, and more.
Author: Peder Borgen
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2014-04-09
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9004267328
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhilo's writings are a comprehensive and important source of late Second Temple Judaism. This volume gives important insights into his exegetical works. The structure of the books and their exegetical ideas are seen here as being closely connected and his writings are analysed against the background of the history, variety and outlook of Alexandrian Jewry. Philo's exegesis is a meeting place between Jewish and Greek notions and ideas; tensions are reflected, such as those between particularism and universalism, between specific biblical and historical earthly events and general macro- and micro-cosmic principles, and between heavenly ascents and interpreted history and eschatology. In addition, glimpses are gained of community life in a Hellenistic Jewish community, especially of issues on the borderline between Jews and their non-Jewish surroundings. New Testament material illuminates Philo's broader Jewish context, and in turn Philo throws light on New Testament backgrounds.
