Philo of Alexandria: On the Contemplative Life

Philo of Alexandria: On the Contemplative Life
Author: Joan E. Taylor
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2020-11-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004439234

De 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.

Philo of Alexandria

Philo of Alexandria
Author: Philo (of Alexandria.)
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1981
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809123339

This anthology contains the basic vision of Philo (c. 20 B.C.E.-50 C.E.), the greatest Jewish mystic, philosopher and theologian of the Graeco-Roman era.

On the Embassy to Gaius

On the Embassy to Gaius
Author: Philo
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 93
Release: 2023-11-19
Genre: 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.

Philo Judaeus

Philo Judaeus
Author: Alfred Charles Kinsey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1922
Genre: Gall wasps
ISBN:

Philo Judaeus

Philo Judaeus
Author: Philo (of Alexandria.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1922
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: