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Jewish Worship In Philo Of Alexandria

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Author : Jutta Leonhardt
language : en
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Release Date : 2001

Jewish Worship In Philo Of Alexandria written by Jutta Leonhardt and has been published by Mohr Siebeck this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Jewish worship categories.

As a knowledgeable contemporary of the later Second Temple, Philo of Alexandria's approach to worship and his view of the essence of Jewish worship are of particular interest to the study of that period. Jutta Leonhardt discusses his views on the Jewish festivals, especially the Sabbath, on prayer, psalms, hymns, praise and thanksgiving, and on Temple offerings, sacrifices and purification rites. These aspects are presented with their parallels in Jewish and pagan traditions and in Greek and Hellenistic philosophy. Jewish worship in Philo has never been studied as a coherent whole before. Only individual aspects of worship, such as prayer of petition, or thanksgiving, or Philo has been used in studies on Second Temple Judaism as a quarry for general examples of acts of worship.Philo accepted and participated in Jewish worship, and even knew about details of various Jewish traditions of his time. His writings, however, do not refer to them directly and cannot easily be used to reconstruct Jewish rituals of his time. His main aim is to discuss the rites as collected in the Mosaic Torah, since these are binding for all Jews. These laws are frequently presented using the terminology of pagan cults and interpreted with recourse to Greek philosophy. In this philosophical description of actual rites there are parallels to Plato's references to religion in the ideal state in the Nomoi. Philo presents Judaism as the ultimate Hellenistic cult, which combines the various aspects of the different pagan cults in a sublime and perfect form to represent mankind and the universe in the worship of the one God who created the world.

Jewish Worship In Philo Von Alexandria

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Author : Jutta Leonhardt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020

Jewish Worship In Philo Von Alexandria written by Jutta Leonhardt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.

As a knowledgeable contemporary of the later Second Temple, Philo of Alexandria's approach to worship and his view of the essence of Jewish worship are of particular interest to the study of that period. Jutta Leonhardt discusses his views on the Jewish festivals, especially the Sabbath, on prayer, psalms, hymns, praise and thanksgiving, and on Temple offerings, sacrifices and purification rites. These aspects are presented with their parallels in Jewish and pagan traditions and in Greek and Hellenistic philosophy. Jewish worship in Philo has never been studied as a coherent whole before. Only individual aspects of worship, such as prayer of petition, or thanksgiving, or Philo has been used in studies on Second Temple Judaism as a quarry for general examples of acts of worship.Philo accepted and participated in Jewish worship, and even knew about details of various Jewish traditions of his time. His writings, however, do not refer to them directly and cannot easily be used to reconstruct Jewish rituals of his time. His main aim is to discuss the rites as collected in the Mosaic Torah, since these are binding for all Jews. These laws are frequently presented using the terminology of pagan cults and interpreted with recourse to Greek philosophy. In this philosophical description of actual rites there are parallels to Plato's references to religion in the ideal state in the Nomoi. Philo presents Judaism as the ultimate Hellenistic cult, which combines the various aspects of the different pagan cults in a sublime and perfect form to represent mankind and the universe in the worship of the one God who created the world.

Philo Of Alexandria

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Author : Mireille Hadas-Lebel
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2012-07-26

Philo Of Alexandria written by Mireille Hadas-Lebel and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-26 with Religion categories.

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.

Philo Of Alexandria On The Contemplative Life

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Author : Joan E. Taylor
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-11-09

Philo Of Alexandria On The Contemplative Life written by Joan E. Taylor and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-09 with Religion categories.

De Vita Contemplativa is known for its depiction of a philosophical group of Jewish men and women known as the ‘Therapeutae’. This commentary sets the treatise in its historical context and explores Philo’s aims in depicting them as he did.

The Place Of Judaism In Philo S Thought

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Author : Ellen Birnbaum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

The Place Of Judaism In Philo S Thought written by Ellen Birnbaum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Philosophy categories.

The Message Of Philo Judaeus Of Alexandria

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Author : Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909

The Message Of Philo Judaeus Of Alexandria written by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with Religion categories.

Philo Of Alexandria

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Author : Jean Danielou
language : en
Publisher: James Clarke & Company
Release Date : 2014-12-25

Philo Of Alexandria written by Jean Danielou and has been published by James Clarke & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-25 with Philosophy categories.

Jean Danielou's 'Philo of Alexandria' illuminates the life and work of a key figure in the history of religious thought. Philo of Alexandria was a first-century Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who was born into a wealthy and prominent family in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt. Educated in both Jewish culture and Greek philosophy, Philo believed that literal interpretations of the Hebrew Bible would distort the Jewish people's perceptions of a God too complex to be understood in literal, human terms. He became one of the first religious thinkers to initiate a strong allegorical reading of Scripture. Jean Danielou places Philo's writing in context, detailing the remarkable events of the philosopher's life, including a diplomatic mission to present himself before the Roman Emperor Caligula on behalf of the persecuted Jews of Alexandria. James Colbert's English translation provides a highly accessible introduction to this important figure, a pioneer of biblical commentary whose work has had a lasting influence on Christian theology. It is essential reading for those interested in patristics, exegesis, or the history of religious and philosophical thought.

Philo S Scriptures

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Author : Naomi G. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2007

Philo S Scriptures written by Naomi G. Cohen and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Religion categories.

Philo's rare citations from the Prophets and Writings shed light on the nature of his sources, and the specific quotations from the Prophets provide evidence for the existence, already in the 1st century CE, of an important traditional "Haftarah Cycle,"

Philo Of Alexandria On The Change Of Names

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Author : Michael B. Cover
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2024-01-15

Philo Of Alexandria On The Change Of Names written by Michael B. Cover and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-15 with Religion categories.

In the treatise On the Change of Names (part of his magnum opus, the Allegorical Commentary), Philo of Alexandria brings his figurative exegesis of the Abraham cycle to its fruition. Taking a cue from Platonist interpreters of Homer's Odyssey, Philo reads Moses's story of Abraham as an account of the soul's progress and perfection. Responding to contemporary critics, who mocked Genesis 17 as uninspired, Philo finds instead a hidden philosophical reflection on the ineffability of the transcendent God, the transformation of souls which recognize their mortal nothingness, the possibility of human faith enabled by peerless faithfulness of God, and the fruit of moral perfection: joy divine, prefigured in the birth of Isaac.

Philo Judaeus

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Author : Naomi G. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Release Date : 1995

Philo Judaeus written by Naomi G. Cohen and has been published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Foreign Language Study categories.

Philo's specific agenda is seen to be the presentation of a brief for a commitment to Judaism, including the obligation both to the study and to the practice of the Torah commandments and the 'ancient unwritten traditions'. This he argues from the vantage point of a thoroughly hellenized Jew to a thoroughly hellenized audience. Among the subjects treated in the book: Philo as part of an ongoing Palestinian - Diaspora midrashic tradition; Judaism considered as a philosophy: The Greek Virtues and the Mosaic Laws; Philo's Shema (includes a discussion of Philo's conception of the Phylacteries, the Mezuzah, and the absence in Philo of Parashath Tsitsith); the use of many Greek words and Greek word combinations in an idiosyncratic Jewish connotation in Jewish contexts; Philo's curriculum of study; The Oral Law and Philo.