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Philo of Alexandria
An Intellectual Biography
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2018
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This first biography of Philo of Alexandria, one of antiquity’s most prolific yet enigmatic authors, traces his intellectual development from Bible interpreter to diplomat in Rome
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Maren R. Niehoff, Max Cooper Professor of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, trained in Jerusalem, Berlin, and Oxford and at the Harvard Society of Fellows. She is the author of Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria, Philo on Jewish Identity and Culture, and The Figure of Joseph in Post-Biblical Jewish Literature. Niehoff received the Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality in the Humanistic Disciplines at the Hebrew University in 2011 and is widely regarded as one of the leading Philonists today.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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1. An Intellectual Biography of Philo?
1 - Part One: Philo as Ambassador and Author in Rome
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2. Philo’s Self-Fashioning in the Historical Writings
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3. Power, Exile, and Religion in the Roman Empire
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4. Roman Philosophy and the Jews
69 - Part Two: Philo’s EXPOSITION in a Roman Context
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5. Creation Theology and Monotheism
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6. Character and History in the Lives of the Biblical Forefathers
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7. Biblical Ladies in Roman Garb
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8. Stoic Ethics in the Service of Jewish Law
149 - Part 3. Young Philo among Alexandrian Jews
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9. Biblical Commentary
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10. A Platonic Self
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11. An Utterly Transcendent God and His Logos
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12. Stoicism: Rejected, Subverted, and Advocated
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Epilogue: Philo at the Crossroads of Judaism, Hellenism, and Christianity
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Appendix 1: Philo’s Dates and Works
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Appendix 2: Did Philo Write an Allegorical Commentary on Genesis Chapter 1?
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Notes
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Bibliography
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General Index
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Index of Ancient Sources
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9780300231304
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