ISBN:
9789047400080
,
9780391041905
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2003
Series Statement:
Studies in Philo of Alexandria 2
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als One God, One Law : Philo of Alexandria on the Mosaic and Greco-Roman Law
Keywords:
Philo
;
Jewish law History
;
Law, Greek Philosophy
;
History
;
Roman law Philosophy
;
History
Abstract:
This book studies the influence of Hellenism and Greco-Roman philosophy on Philo of Alexandria's view of the Mosaic law. In particular, the book examines how Philo integrated Greco-Roman conceptions of law, such as Unwritten Law, the Law of Nature, and the "Living Law," into his understanding of the Mosaic law of the Jews and the lives of the Patriarchs. Philo transformed Greco-Roman law and shaped it into something peculiar to a Jewish understanding of the cosmos and its creation by one God. Martens examines Philo's creativity in adapting Greco-Roman law to create something new in the annals of philosophy and the apologetic purposes his new philosophy served for Judaism
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789047400080
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