TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hadas-Lebel,Mireille
AU  - Fréchet,Robyn
TI  - Philo of Alexandria: a thinker in the Jewish diaspora 
T2  - Studies in Philo of Alexandria
SN  - 9789004232372
AV  - B689.Z7 
U1  - 181/.06 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Philo,
KW  - Judaism and philosophy
KW  - Hellenism
KW  - Judaïsme et philosophie
KW  - Hellénisme
KW  - aat
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - Eastern
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Civilization
KW  - fast
KW  - Alexandria (Egypt)
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Alexandria
KW  - Biografieën (vorm)
KW  - gtt
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note; I; Alexandria "on the Edge" of Egypt --; Alexandria Yesterday, Alexandria Today --; City of Alexander --; Founder of Great Eminence --; New Brand of Urbanism --; Lighthouse and the Ports --; At the Heart of Hellenistic Civilisation --; Museum --; Library --; Gymnasium --; Places of Entertainment --; Population and Districts of Alexandria --; Alexandrian Syncretism --; Greek Temples --; Isis and Sarapis --; Syncretism of the Necropolis --; From Royal Cult to Imperial Cult --; How Egypt Became Roman --; II; Being Jewish in Alexandria in Philo's Day --; Distinguished Family --; Between "Metropolis" and "Fatherland": The Diaspora --; "If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem" --; Between Greeks and Egyptians --; Proselytes and Renegades --; Fragile Minority --; III; Philo's Cultural World --; Hellenised Jews --; Philo's Education --; Greek or Hebrew? --; Septuagint Translation --; Philo and the Miracle of the Greek Bible --; Jew and Greek: "The Judaeo-Hellenistic Symbiosis" and its Limits --; IV; Amid Political Turmoil --; Early Warning Signals --; When the Mob Seizes Power --; Confronting the Tyrant --; V; Judaism According to Philo: Practice and Ethics --; Exterior Criteria for the Jewish Identity --; Circumcision --; Dietary Laws --; Sabbath --; Passover in Egypt --; Two Other Feasts of Pilgrimage --; Great Fast --; Universalist Interpretation --; VI; Biblical Commentary --; Philo's Treatises and the Bible --; On the Necessity of Exegesis --; Bible of Philo --; Questions and Answers --; Creation of the World --; Man, Woman and the Serpent --; Problem of Evil: Cain and Abel --; Models in Humanity --; First Triad and Noah --; Second Triad and Abraham --; From Joseph to Moses: The Ideal Leader --; Decalogue and the Laws of Moses --; Exegetical Invention of Philo --; Variety of Ways --; "God is not Like Man" --; Are there Myths in the Bible? --; Philo and the Midrash --; VII; Philo and Philosophy --; Contemplation and Philosophy --; Philo and the Greek Philosophical Schools --; When Philo "Platonises" --; "Everything is Number" (Pythagoras) --; Philo, a Stoic? --; Barbarian Wisdoms: Essenes and Therapeutes --; Is Philo a Philosopher? --; "True" Philosophy --; VIII; Philo's Doctrine --; God, Logos and Powers --; Law of Nature, Law of Moses --; "Migration" and Spiritual Progress --; Political Theory: In Praise of Democracy --; Destiny of the Soul --; Sojourner on Earth --; IX; Philo, ̀Father of the Church Honoris Causa' --; Philo and the Beginnings of Christianity --; Septuagint, an Inspired Text --; Philo and the Development of Christianity in Alexandria --; Philo in Caesarea --; Ambrose the "Latin Philo" --; Philo as a "Christian Source": From Translations to Printed Editions --; Philo Judaeus --; Conclusion: The Philonic Heritage
N2  - 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
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