Format:
Online-Ressource ( 241 S. )
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maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9789004232372
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9789004209480
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9004209484
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9789004232372
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9004232370
Series Statement:
Studies in Philo of Alexandria 7
Uniform Title:
Philon d'Alexandrie 〈English〉
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-230) and indexes
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004209480
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Philo of Alexandria: A Thinker in the Jewish Diaspora Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2012 ISBN 9789004209480
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004232372
Author information:
Hadas-Lebel, Mireille 1940-
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