Philo of Alexandria

A Thinker in the Jewish Diaspora
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-20948-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 1200 g

Reihe: Studies in Philo of Alexandria

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.

Zielgruppe

Primarily academic, but there would also be a market among lay readers who are interested in the history of the ancient world, the history of religion, the history of the early Church and the history of Judaism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hadas-Lebel, Mireille

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Hadas-Lebel, Mireille
Mireille Hadas-Lebel, Ph.D.1987,Professor emeritus at the Sorbonne. She has published several books and articles on Judaism in Antiquity and the history of the Hebrew language. Two of her books have been translated into English:Flavius Josephus ( Simon and Schuster, paperback) and Jerusalem against Rome ( Peeters 2006).