The ancestral philosophy : Hellenistic philosophy in Second Temple Judaism / essays of David Winston ; edited by Gregory E. Sterling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winston, David, 1927-

Contributor:

Sterling, Gregory E.

Series:

Brown Judaic studies ; no. 331.

Brown Judaic studies. Studia Philonica monographs ; 4.

Brown Judaic studies ; no. 331

Brown Judaic studies. Studia Philonica monographs ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Wisdom of Solomon.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

History.

Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).

Jews--Civilization--Greek influences.

Jews.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Hellenism.

Bible. Wisdom of Solomon--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Philo, of Alexandria.

Philo.

Physical Description:

viii, 249 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Providence, RI : Brown Judaic Studies, [2001]

Contents:

Part 1 Hellenistic Philosophy and Second Temple Judaism

1. Hellenistic Jewish Philosophy 11

Part 2 Ben Sira

2. Theodicy in Ben Sira and Stoic Philosophy 35

3. Freedom and Determinism in Greek Philosophy and Jewish Hellenistic Wisdom 44

Part 3 The Wisdom of Solomon

4. The Book of Wisdom's Theory of Cosmogony 59

5. Creation Ex Nihilo Revisited: A Reply to Jonathan Goldstein 78

6. Wisdom in the Wisdom of Solomon 83

7. The Sage as Mystic in the Wisdom of Solomon 99

Part 4 Philo of Alexandria

8. Philo's Theory of Eternal Creation: Prov. 1.6-9 117

9. Theodicy and Creation 128

10. Freedom and Determinism in Philo of Alexandria 135

11. Was Philo a Mystic? 151

12. Sage and Super-Sage in Philo of Alexandria 171

13. Judaism and Hellenism: Hidden tensions in Philo's thought 181

14. Philo and the Rabbis on Sex and the Body 199.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1930675089

OCLC:

47803690