Author : Elad Filler
Release : 2023-10-17
Genre : Social Science
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Studies in the Philosophy of Philo - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Studies in the Philosophy of Philo write by Elad Filler. This book was released on 2023-10-17. Studies in the Philosophy of Philo available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Why does Philo of Alexandria seem to avoid the open use of dialectic, which was regarded in the ancient world – together with physics and ethics – as one of the three main divisions of philosophy? Has this got anything to do with the tension between proper logic and the sophistic practices of his age? Does Philo’s interpretation of Abraham’s migration from Ur of the Chaldees include a hidden political message? Why, according to Philo, did Jacob mourn the manner of Joseph’s death more than his death itself? These and other questions of the same kind are discussed in the present collection of essays, investigating Philo’s philosophical, historical and cultural background, as well as his relations to Judaism and Christianity. This book attempts to improve our understanding of some of the complexities of Philo’s thought by raising new questions, exploring the ideological aspects of Philo’s approach to Scripture, and attempting to understand the nature of Philo “the Platonist’s” attitude to various issues raised in Plato’s dialogues.