TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seland,Torrey
TI  - Reading Philo: a handbook to Philo of Alexandria 
SN  - 9781467442268
AV  - B689.Z7 R43 2014eb
U1  - 181/.06 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
KW  - Philo,
KW  - Philo
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Eastern
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-322) and indexes; Introduction and motivation. Philo of Alexandria: an introduction / Torrey Seland -- Philo of Alexandria in context. Philo as a Jew / Karl-Gustav Sandelin -- Philo as a citizen: Homo politicus / Torrey Seland -- Philo--an interpreter of the laws of Moses / Peder Borgen -- Philo and classical education / Erkki Koskenniemi -- "The Jewish philosophy": reading Moses via Hellenistic philosophy according to Philo / Gregory E. Sterling -- Why and how to study Philo. Why study Philo? How? / Torrey Seland -- Philo's Exposition of the Law and social history: methodological considerations / Adele Reinhartz -- Philo's relevance for the study of Jews and Judaism in antiquity / Ellen Birnbaum -- Philo's relevance for the study of the New Testament / Per Jarle Bekken -- Philo in the Patristic tradition: a list of direct references / David T. Runia
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