ISBN:
9789004391925
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (X, 352 Seiten)
Year of publication:
2019
Series Statement:
Studies in Philo of Alexandria volume 9
Series Statement:
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390805
Series Statement:
Studies in Philo of Alexandria
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Koskenniemi, Erkki, 1956 - Greek writers and philosophers in Philo and Josephus
Keywords:
Philo
;
Josephus, Flavius
;
Greek literature
;
Philosophers
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Philo Alexandrinus v25-40
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Josephus, Flavius 37-100
Abstract:
Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Introduction -- Philo: Offspring from Sarah and Hagar -- Josephus: It Is Difficult to Transplant an Old Tree -- Philo and Josephus -- Back Matter -- Bibliography.
Abstract:
In Greek Writers and Philosophers in Philo and Josephus Erkki Koskenniemi investigates how two Jewish writers, Philo and Josephus, quoted, mentioned and referred to Greek writers and philosophers. He asks what this tells us about their Greek education, their contacts with Classical culture in general, and about the societies in which Philo and Josephus lived. Although Philo in Alexandria and Josephus in Jerusalem both had the possibility to acquire a thorough knowledge of Greek language and culture, they show very different attitudes. Philo, who was probably admitted to the gymnasium, often and enthusiastically refers to Greek poets and philosophers. Josephus on the other hand rarely quotes from their works, giving evidence of a more traditionalistic tendencies among Jewish nobility in Jerusalem
DOI:
10.1163/9789004391925
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