Philo of Alexandria and Post-Aristotelian Philosophy

Philo of Alexandria and Post-Aristotelian Philosophy
Author: Francesca Alesse
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2008
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 900416748X

An inquiry drawing on the presence of Hellenistic philosophy in Philo provides a better knowledge of the diffusion of Hellenistic philosophy since the late Republican age, as well as the relationship between Philoa (TM)s reception and other doxohraphical tradition.

Studies in the Philosophy of Philo

Studies in the Philosophy of Philo
Author: Elad Filler
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2023-10-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1527528790

Why does Philo of Alexandria seem to avoid the open use of dialectic, which was regarded in the ancient world – together with physics and ethics – as one of the three main divisions of philosophy? Has this got anything to do with the tension between proper logic and the sophistic practices of his age? Does Philo’s interpretation of Abraham’s migration from Ur of the Chaldees include a hidden political message? Why, according to Philo, did Jacob mourn the manner of Joseph’s death more than his death itself? These and other questions of the same kind are discussed in the present collection of essays, investigating Philo’s philosophical, historical and cultural background, as well as his relations to Judaism and Christianity. This book attempts to improve our understanding of some of the complexities of Philo’s thought by raising new questions, exploring the ideological aspects of Philo’s approach to Scripture, and attempting to understand the nature of Philo “the Platonist’s” attitude to various issues raised in Plato’s dialogues.

Philo's Perception of Women

Philo's Perception of Women
Author: Dorothy Sly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2015-10-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781930675988

Philo was a Greek-educated but observant Jew who lived during the time of Jesus and Paul. According to the author, Philo's writings synthesized earlier Greek and Jewish perceptions of women. Although Philo accepts the female as good because created by God, Sly argues that Philo nevertheless saw women as necessarily subservient and under the control of men. Thus his writings express some of the earliest sources for repressive attitudes towards women, and suggest that similar attitudes exhibited by the church fathers may be traced through Philo to earlier traditions.

Philo of Alexandria

Philo of Alexandria
Author: Mireille Hadas-Lebel
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-07-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004232370

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.

Philo of Alexandria

Philo of Alexandria
Author: Maren Niehoff
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2018-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 030017523X

This 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

Greek Writers and Philosophers in Philo and Josephus

Greek Writers and Philosophers in Philo and Josephus
Author: Erkki Koskenniemi
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2019-02-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004391924

In Greek Writers and Philosophers in Philo and Josephus Erkki Koskenniemi investigates how two Jewish writers, Philo and Josephus, quoted, mentioned and referred to Greek writers and philosophers. He asks what this tells us about their Greek education, their contacts with Classical culture in general, and about the societies in which Philo and Josephus lived. Although Philo in Alexandria and Josephus in Jerusalem both had the possibility to acquire a thorough knowledge of Greek language and culture, they show very different attitudes. Philo, who was probably admitted to the gymnasium, often and enthusiastically refers to Greek poets and philosophers. Josephus on the other hand rarely quotes from their works, giving evidence of a more traditionalistic tendencies among Jewish nobility in Jerusalem.

Philo, V5

Philo, V5
Author: F. H. Colson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 636
Release: 2013-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781258638139

Studies in the History of Philosophy and Religion

Studies in the History of Philosophy and Religion
Author: Harry Austryn Wolfson
Publisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 654
Release: 1973
Genre: History
ISBN:

Readers familiar with the luminous scholarly contributions of Harry Austryn Wolfson will welcome this rich collection of essays that have been previously published in widely dispersed journals and books, The articles range over Aristotle and Plato; Philo; the Church Fathers; and Arabic, Jewish, and Christian philosophers of the Middle Ages: Averroes and Avicenna, Maimonides, and Thomas Aquinas. The twenty-eight pieces are arranged in such a manner that ideas develop and are pursued from one article to the next, forming a coherent whole. According to the editors, "This volume reflects the most basic biographical fact about Wolfson: his life has been one of unflagging commitment, uninterrupted creativity, and truly remarkable achievement...Wolfson's scholarship will be viewed with awe and admiration and his impact will be durable. He has added new dimensions to philosophical scholarship and illuminated wide areas of religious thought, plotting the terrain, blazing trails, and erecting guideposts for scores of younger scholars."