Philo of Alexandria : a thinker in the Jewish diaspora /

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Author / Creator:Hadas-Lebel, Mireille.
Uniform title:Philon d'Alexandrie. English
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 241 p.) : maps.
Language:English
Series:Studies in Philo of Alexandria ; 7
Studies in Philo of Alexandria ; 7.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9346600
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Other authors / contributors:FreĢchet, Robyn.
ISBN:9789004232372 (electronic book)
9789004209480 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004209484 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004232372 (e-book)
9004232370 (e-book)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-230) and indexes.
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Summary:Philo (20BCE?-45CE?) is the most illustrious son of Alexandrian Jewry and the first major scholar to combine a deep Jewish learning with Greek philosophy. His unique allegorical exegesis of the Greek Bible was to have a profound influence on the early fathers of the Church. Philo was, above all, a philosopher, but he was also intensely practical in his defence of the Jewish faith and law in general, and that of Alexandria's embattled Jewish community in particular. A famous example was his leadership of a perilous mission to plead the community's cause to Emperor Caligula. This monograph provides a guide to Philo's life, his thought and his action, as well as his continuing influence on theological and philosophical thought.
Standard no.:10.1163/9789004232372

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