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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 November 2009
      20 April 2009
      ISBN:
      9781139002394
      9780521860901
      9780521678025
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL9780521860901
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 320 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.48kg, 320 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Philosophy, Judaism, Philosophy: General Interest, Religion, Philosophy
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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    Subjects:
    History of Philosophy, Judaism, Philosophy: General Interest, Religion, Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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    The works of Philo of Alexandria, a slightly older contemporary of Jesus and Paul, constitute an essential source for the study of Judaism and the rise of Christianity. They are also of extreme importance for understanding the Greek philosophy of the time and help to explain the onset of new forms of spirituality that would dominate the following centuries. This handbook presents an account of Philo's achievements. It contains a profile of his life and times, a systematic overview of his many writings, and survey chapters of the key features of his thought, as seen from the perspectives of Judaism and Greek philosophy. The volume concludes with a section devoted to Philo's influence and significance. Composed by an international team of experts, The Cambridge Companion to Philo gives readers a sense of the state of scholarship and provides depth of vision in key areas of Philonic studies.

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    'Kamesar comments on what hasbeen termed Philo's 'Aaronide Pentaleuchalism', and Siegert seeks to deomonstrate that of all the non-Christian authors of the first century, Philo is the most important one for the historian of emerging Christianity.'

    Source: International Review of Biblical Studies

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