Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Biblical Research
Angaben zur Quelle:
66 (2021) 71-85
Keywords:
Tobin, Thomas H.,
;
Philo, Criticism and interpretation
Abstract:
In this paper I present three major contributions that Thomas H. Tobin, SJ, offered toPhilonic scholarship. I explore Tobin’s method of interpretationof Philo’s interpretation ofthe divine Logos within the larger context of Hellenistic philosophy and hisreinterpretations of the double creation of man and the allegory of the soul within thehistory of traditions. My aim is to show how in his elucidations of complex passages inDeopificio mundiandLegum allegoriae, Philo’s interpretations of Gen 1:26–27, Gen 2:7, andGenesis 1–3, Tobin lucidly highlighted exegetical traditions that Philo drew on and utilizedin his own interpretations. Tobin was ableto develop patterns and levels of interpretationthat allowed him to find unity in Philo’s biblical exegesis and to identify Philo as a vitalrepresentative of Middle Platonism
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