Philo's Scriptures: Citations from the Prophets and Writings

Evidence for a Haftarah Cycle in Second Temple Judaism
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-16312-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 123, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 649 g

Reihe: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism

It is indeed remarkable that although Philo has quoted extensively from the Pentateuch, his works contain no more than forty-six references to the Prophets and Writings. The author provides a convincing explanation for every one of these citations. It corroborates the thesis that Philo availed himself of lexicographic aids and midrashic material, and further, that even when the language of their composition was Hebrew/Aramaic, that he used them in Greek translation. It identifies a circle engaged in esoteric philosophic allegorization of Scriptures, with which Philo associated, and it finds that the specific quotations from the Prophets point to the existence, already in the 1st century CE, of a traditional Haftarah Cycle. The book fills a long felt lacuna.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohen, Naomi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Naomi G. Cohen, taught for many years at Tel-Aviv and Haifa Universities, and is presently a Senior Research Fellow at Haifa University. She has published extensively both on Philo and on Jewish Liturgy, including Philo Judaeus: His Universe of Discourse (1995).