The Art of Contextualizing Philo of Alexandria
Series: Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism; 190;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Mohr Siebeck
- Date of Publication 7 January 2025
- ISBN 9783161640780
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages378 pages
- Size 250x167x27 mm
- Weight 707 g
- Language English 618
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Short description:
Philo von Alexandria war einer der produktivsten Autoren der Antike. Lange wahrgenommen vornehmlich als Bibelexeget und platonischer Philosoph, untersuchen die Autoren dieses Sammelbandes umfassend Philos Auseinandersetzung mit der römischen Welt, dem frühen Christentum und der griechischen Philosophie. Philo of Alexandria was one of the most prolific authors in Antiquity. Long studied as a Bible exegete and Platonist philosopher in Alexandria, the contributors to this volume explore his engagement with the Roman world, Early Christianity, and Greek philosophy.
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Philo von Alexandria war einer der produktivsten Autoren der Antike. Lange wahrgenommen vornehmlich als Bibelexeget und platonischer Philosoph, untersuchen die Autoren dieses Sammelbandes umfassend Philos Auseinandersetzung mit der römischen Welt, dem frühen Christentum und der griechischen Philosophie. The present collection of articles revisits the question of Philo's contexts in the wake of Maren Niehoff's Philo of Alexandria. An Intellectual Biography (New Haven, 2018/translation Tübingen 2019), which argues for the first time that Philo's diplomatic activities in 38 CE had a significant impact on his career and transformed him from a Bible exegete addressing Alexandrian audiences to a Roman philosopher.
In the articles gathered here, the contributors further discuss these insights and adopt new hermeneutic frameworks to contextualize Philo's writings. In the first and largest section of the collection, Philo's participation in Roman discourses, including his engagement with ideas advocated by Cicero, Valerius Maximus, and Musonius, as well as his hitherto-overlooked Cynic tendencies, are studied. One essay furthermore treats Philo as an exponent of Alexandrian Platonism in Roman circles and another as a diplomat with close ties to the imperial administration who may have noticed the emergence of Christ-believers in the Jewish community of Rome. In the second section of this collection, the contributors focus on Philo in relation to the New Testament. Two of the contributions apply a triangular perspective, taking Philo as a benchmark for Romanization, which illuminates texts such as Acts and the Letter to the Hebrews. Two others respectively investigate Philo's hagiographical style of biography in view of the Gospel of Luke and his Platonically inspired Logos theory in view of the Gospel of John. The third section places Philo in the context of Greek literature and philosophy, one essay introducing ecocriticism in relation to Roman politics and the other drawing attention to Philo as a unique witness to inner Platonic debates which fully emerge in the second century CE.
Table of Contents:
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Roman Contexts: Philosophy and History
Ludovica De Luca: Philo, Cicero and Vitruvius: God as Architect in Rome - Sergio Marín: A Conscience on Trial. Reading Ios. 47-48 against a Roman Background - Rebecca Langlands: Philo's Barbarian Virtue and Roman Exemplary Ethics - Maren R. Niehoff : ""God is my Ruler, but no Mortal"". Philo's Paradox of Freedom in first century Rome amidst Demetrius, Seneca and Epictetus - Gretchen Reydams-Schils: Philo and Musonius Rufus - Gregory E. Sterling: Platonism between Alexandria and Rome: Philo and Seneca - Mischa Meier: Nero's Persecution of the Christians, the Jews and a Possible 'Philonic' Connection
New Testament Contexts
Loveday Alexander: Sailing to Caesar: Philo's Embassy and Luke's Paul in Rome - Matthias Becker: Philo's Lives and Luke's Gospel. Features of Hagiographical Discourse in Early Imperial-Era Biography - Joan R. Taylor: Another Look at Logos Theology in Philo and John - Philip Alexander: Philo of Alexandria and Hebrews in the Context of the Roman Empire. Revisiting the Question of their Relationship
Greek Literature and Philosophy as Context
Jason König: Human and Environment in Philo's Life of Moses and Flaccus - Volker Drecoll: Philo and Severus on the Unity of the Soul
The present collection of articles revisits the question of Philo's contexts in the wake of Maren Niehoff's Philo of Alexandria. An Intellectual Biography (New Haven, 2018/translation Tübingen 2019), which argues for the first time that Philo's diplomatic activities in 38 CE had a significant impact on his career and transformed him from a Bible exegete addressing Alexandrian audiences to a Roman philosopher."
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