The Therapeutae as the Best Paradigm for the Contemplative Life
A Contextual Reading of Philo of Alexandria's De Vita Contemplativa
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe; 659;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Mohr Siebeck
- Date of Publication 28 May 2026
- ISBN 9783161570483
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages235 pages
- Size 215x150 mm
- Language English 699
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Short description:
"Romulus D. Stefanut nimmt eine kontextuelle Auslegung von Philons De vita contemplativa vor, indem er deren Hintergrund, Gattung, Komposition und Funktion jenseits der sogenannten ""apologetischen und historischen Werke"" Philons untersucht. Indem Philon das kontemplative Leben der Therapeuten als einen spa?teren Lebensabschnitt konstruiert, bringt er verschiedene Einsichten aus der hellenistischen Philosophie und dem Judentum zusammen. Philo's Therapeutae is the best exemplum for what a Hellenistic Jewish contemplative life would look like in first century CE Alexandria. In constructing the contemplative life of the Therapeutae , Philo brings together various insights from Hellenistic philosophy and religion."
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"Romulus D. Stefanut nimmt eine kontextuelle Auslegung von Philons De vita contemplativa vor, indem er deren Hintergrund, Gattung, Komposition und Funktion jenseits der sogenannten ""apologetischen und historischen Werke"" Philons untersucht. Indem Philon das kontemplative Leben der Therapeuten als einen spa?teren Lebensabschnitt konstruiert, bringt er verschiedene Einsichten aus der hellenistischen Philosophie und dem Judentum zusammen. In this study, Romulus D. Stefanut offers a contextual reading of Philo's De vita contemplativa , exploring its background, genre, composition, and function beyond the so-called ""apologetic and historical works"" of Philo. Often, scholars have lost the hermeneutical focus of the treatise itself and have concentrated their attention solely on the historical existence of the Mareotic community described in the treatise, advancing arguments related to its historicity or lack thereof. The author therefore suggests that the purpose of De vita contemplativa is meant to offer the best Jewish Alexandrine expression of a way of life, well-known from ancient Greek philosophy as the theoretical or contemplative life. It is composed in relation rather than opposition to the lost first half of the treatise, dedicated to the practical life of the Essenes. Simultaneously, there might be a friendly polemic between Philo's description of the Therapeutae versus the Essenes."
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