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The ship of state: Metaphor and intertextuality in Philo of Alexandria
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, 2022This article discusses Philo’s use of the well-known state is ship metaphor. After offering a definition of topos and intertextuality, I discuss passages from the Philonic corpus in which this image features. I will argue that Philo’s use of the state is
Pieter B. Hartog
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Philo of Alexandria on the Obligations of Wealth
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2021The views of Philo of Alexandria on wealth have been a source of controversy between those who argue that Philo was at times critical of wealth and those who contend that these criticisms were not of wealth but of the dangers posed by wealth.
G. Sterling
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Platonic Asceticism in Philo of Alexandria’s Contemplative Practice
Journal for the Study of JudaismThough Philo of Alexandria’s ascetic beliefs and practices often have been noted, a focused assessment of the Platonic influences on his contemplative asceticism has yet to be offered.
Scott D. Mackie
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Philo of Alexandria and the Construction of Jewishness in Early Christian Writings
Oxford Scholarship Online, 2018Philo of Alexandria and the Construction of Jewishness in Early Christian Writings investigates portrayals of one particular Jew, the first-century philosopher and allegorical interpreter of the Bible, Philo of Alexandria, in the works of three prominent
J. Otto
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A Mind in Training: Philo of Alexandria on Jacob's Spiritual Exercises *
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, 2018How does Philo of Alexandria depict the formation of a wise person? This article pays attention to the centrality of spiritual training in Graeco-Roman philosophy, and argues that Philo likewise regards the process of seeking wisdom as entailing mental ...
Elisa Uusimäki
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2018
Philo was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who left behind one of the richest bodies of work from antiquity, yet his personality and intellectual development have remained a riddle. Maren Niehoff presents the first biography of Philo, arguing that his trip to Rome in 38 CE was a turning point in his life.
Maren R Niehoff, John J. Collins
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Philo was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who left behind one of the richest bodies of work from antiquity, yet his personality and intellectual development have remained a riddle. Maren Niehoff presents the first biography of Philo, arguing that his trip to Rome in 38 CE was a turning point in his life.
Maren R Niehoff, John J. Collins
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Insatiable souls: Philo of Alexandria’s readings of food
Bulletin of The Institute of Classical Studies, 2023While Philo of Alexandria maintained that the pleasure that stems from the consumption of food can overstimulate human desire, he attributed great philosophical significance to the symbolism of food.
Carsten Flaig
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Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, 2021
This article treats Hellenistic Jewish literature that ridicules the alleged worship of the elements, the heavens, the heavenly bodies, or other “parts” of the cosmos, especially as developed in the writings of Philo of Alexandria and Ps-Solomon.
E. Wasserman
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This article treats Hellenistic Jewish literature that ridicules the alleged worship of the elements, the heavens, the heavenly bodies, or other “parts” of the cosmos, especially as developed in the writings of Philo of Alexandria and Ps-Solomon.
E. Wasserman
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KNOWLEDGE IN NUMENIUS FR. 14 DES PLACES AND PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA, DE GIGANTIBVS 25–8
Classical QuarterlyThis article examines Numenius’ use of the concept of undiminished giving in fr. 14 des Places, discussing briefly its philosophical antecedents and parallels from Plato to Early Imperial thinkers and highlighting the striking similarity of the ...
K. Jażdżewska
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