Philo / with an English translation by F.H. Colson and G.H. Whitaker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philo, of Alexandria, author.

Contributor:

Colson, F. H. (Francis Henry), 1857-1943, translator.

Whitaker, G. H. (George Herbert), 1846 or 1847-1936, translator.

Series:

Loeb classical library ; 226-227, 247, 261, 275, 289, 320, 341, 363, 379.

Loeb Classical Library ; 226-227, 247, 261, 275, 289, 320, 341, 363, 379

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Philo, of Alexandria--Translations into English.

Philo.

Philo, of Alexandria.

Greek literature--Translations into English.

Greek literature.

Jewish philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Digital Loeb.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

The philosopher Philo was born about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, the chief home of the Jewish Diaspora as well as the chief center of Hellenistic culture; he was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to reconcile biblical teachings with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had wide influence on Christian and Jewish religious thought.

Contents:

v. I. On the creation (De Opificio Mundi) ; Allegorical interpretation (Legum Allegoriae)

v. II. On the cherubim (De Cherubim) ; On the sacrifices of Abel and Cain (De Sacrificiis Abelis et Caini) ; The worse attacks the better (Quod Deterius Potiori insidiari solet) ; On the posterity and exile of Cain (De Posteritate Caini) ; On the giants (De Gigantibus)

v. III. On the unchangeableness of God (Quod Deus immutabilis sit) ; On husbandry (De Agricultura) ; On Noah's work as a planter (De Plantatione) ; On drunkenness (De Ebrietate) ; On sobriety (De Sobrietate)

v. IV. On the confusion of tongues (De Confusione Linguarum) ; On the migration of Abraham (De Migratione Abrahami) ; Who is the Heir (Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres) ; On the preliminary studies (De Congressu quaerendae Eruditionis gratia)

v. V. On flight and finding (De Fuga et Inventione) ; On the change of Names (De Mutatione Nominum) ; On dreams (De Somniis)

v. VI. On Abraham (De Abrahamo) ; On Joseph (De Iosepho) ; Moses (De Vita Mosis)

v. VII. On the Decalogue (De Decalogo) ; On the Special Laws Books I-III (De Specialibus Legibus)

v. VIII. On the Special Laws Book IV (De Specialibus Legibus) ; On the Virtues (De Virtutibus) ; On rewards and punishments (De Praemiis et Poenis)

v. IX. Every good man is free (Quod Omnis Probus Liber sit) ; On the contemplative life (De Vita Contemplativa) ; On the eternity of the world (De Aeternitate Mundi) ; Flaccus (In Flaccum) ; Hypothetica (Apologia pro Iudaeis) ; On Providence (De Providentia)

v. X. On the embassy to Gaius (De Legatione ad Gaium) ; General index to Volumes I-X.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Philo, of Alexandria. Works.

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