Philo of Alexandria and the construction of Jewishness in early Christian writings. By Jennifer Otto. (Oxford Early Christian Studies.) Pp. xii + 231. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. 65. 987 0 19 882072 7doi:10.1017/s0022046919000319James Carleton Paget...
Yet it was the adoption of his legacy by the Christian Church that ensured the survival of his writings. If this had not happened, the present Companion to his writings and thought could not have been written. We are thus presented with a paradox. Philo was neglected by his own people, ...
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Furthermore, Segal argued that the two powers debate could be traced back to the first century, as evidenced by certain christological passages of the NT4 and by Philo's writings.关键词:Jewish Christian Monotheism 被引量: 4 年份: 2004 ...
I say this with experience; I’ve translated several early Christian writings from Greek (Apostolic Fathers,Greek Apocryphal Gospels,Acts of Pilate,First Apocryphal Apocalypse of John) not to mention a collection of fragmentary papyri (Fragments of Christianity). I’ve also managed large translation ...
square Old Testament theology with the Greek philosophical tradition, leading Philo to posit Moses as the first sage and teacher of the venerable ancients of the Greek tradition. The work of Philo was to have an immense influence on emerging Christian philosophy, especially in the work of Origen...
Origen LETTER OF ORIGEN TO GREGORY. When and to whom the Learning derived from Philosophy may be of Service for the Exposition of the Holy Scriptures; with a lively Personal Appeal. This letter to Gregory, afterwards bishop of Caesarea, and called Thaumaturgus, was preserved in the Philocalia,...
Even the wordmystêrionis rarely encounteredin the earliest Christian writings.52Yet this is not the end of our story. Before wecontinue with Christianity, we first have to return to the pagan Mysteries.4 The pagan Mysteries in the earlier empireAs we saw in the previous chapter, the ...
Philo of Alexandria, the first century Jewish sage, philosopher, and exegete, perhaps known most famously in Christian circles as the great allegorizer of Israel’s scripture whose methods were taken up by the Alexandrian fathers of the church, has an important description of the ethics of the...
Emil Schürer writes: "The third chief group of Philo's works on the Pentateuch is a Delineation of the Mosaic Legislation for non-Jews. In this whole group indeed, the allegorical explanation is still occasionally employed. In the main however we have here actual historical delineations, a ...