Philo of Alexandria : an exegete for his time /
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Philo's writings are a comprehensive and important source of late Second Temple Judaism. This volume gives important insights into his exegetical works. The structure of the books and their exegetical ideas are seen here as being closely connected and his writings are analysed against the background of the history, variety and outlook of Alexandrian Jewry. Philo's exegesis is a meeting place between Jewish and Greek notions and ideas; tensions are reflected, such as those between particularism and universalism, between specific biblical and historical earthly events and general macro- and micro-cosmic principles, and between heavenly ascents and interpreted history and eschatology. In addition, glimpses are gained of community life in a Hellenistic Jewish community, especially of issues on the borderline between Jews and their non-Jewish surroundings. New Testament material illuminates Philo's broader Jewish context, and in turn Philo throws light on New Testament backgrounds.
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1 online resource (x, 332 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-300) and indexes. :
9789004267329 :
0167-9732 ; :
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Philo of Alexandria : an annotated bibliography, 1987-1996 : with addenda for 1937-1986 /
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This volume is a continuation of Philo of Alexandria: an Annotated Bibliography 1937-1986, published by Roberto Radice and David Runia in 1988 (second edition 1992). Prepared with the collaboration of the International Philo Bibliography Project, it contains a complete listing of all scholarly writings on Philo in all languages for the period 1987 to 1996. Part One lists texts, translations, commentaries et cetera (75 items). Part Two contains critical studies (880 items). In part Three additional works for the years 1937-1986 are presented (170 items). In all cases a brief description of the contents of the contribution is given. Seven indices, including a detailed Index of subjects, complete the work.
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Includes indexes. :
1 online resource (xxii, 412 pages) :
9789004313231 :
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Philo of Alexandria : a thinker in the Jewish diaspora /
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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.
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1 online resource (xvi, 241 pages) : maps. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-230) and indexes. :
9789004232372 :
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Philo of Alexandria : an annotated bibliography, 1937-1986 /
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The first author in which the traditions of Judaic thought and Greek philosophy flow together in a significant way is Philo of Alexandria. This study presents a detailed and comprehensive examination of Philo's knowledge and utilization of the most popular philosophical work of his day, the Timaeus of Plato. A kind of \'commentary\' is given on all passages in Philo's oeuvre in which the Timaeus is used or referred to, followed by a \'synthetic\' account of the influence that it had on Philo's thought.
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Based on: Filone di Alessandria : bibliografia generale 1937-1982 / Roberto Radice. 1983.
Includes indexes. :
1 online resource (xli, 469 pages) :
9789004312753 :
0920-623X ; :
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Philo of Alexandria : an annotated bibliography 1997-2006 with addenda for 1987-1996 /
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This volume is a further continuation of the annotated bibliographies on the writings and thought of the Jewish exegete and philosopher Philo of Alexandria prepared by Roberto Radice and David Runia for the years 1937-1986 published in 1988 and by David Runia for the years 1987-1996 published in 2000. Prepared with the collaboration of the International Philo Bibliography Project, it contains a complete listing of all scholarly writings on Philo for the period 1997 to 2006. Part One lists texts, translations, commentaries et cetera (58 items). Part Two contains critical studies (1024 items). In part Three additional works for the years 1987-1996 are presented (42 items). In all cases a brief description of the contents of the contribution is given. Seven indices, including a detailed Index of subjects, complete the work.
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Includes indexes. :
1 online resource (xxv, 492 pages) :
9789004216853 :
0920-623X ; :
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Olympiodorus of Alexandria : Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher /
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This is the first collected volume dedicated to the work of the 6th-century CE philosopher Olympiodorus of Alexandria. His Platonic commentaries are rare witnesses to ancient views on Plato's Socratic works. As a pagan, Olympiodorus entertained a complex relationship with his predominantly Christian surroundings. The contributors address his profile as a Platonic philosopher, the ways he did and did not adapt his teaching to his Christian audience, his reflections on philosophical exegesis and communication and his thinking on self-cognition. The volume as a whole helps us understand the development of Platonic philosophy at the end of antiquity.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004466708
9789004466692
Singing Alexandria : music between practice and textual transmission /
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This volume investigates the transmission and ancient reception of ancient Greek texts with musical notation. It provides a reconstruction of the dynamics of reception orienting the re-use and re-shaping of musical and poetic tradition in the entertainment culture of the post-classical Greek world. The study makes full use of literary, papyrological and epigraphic evidence, and in particular includes a detailed philological analysis of surviving musical papyri and of their relationship to the editorial activity of Alexandrian scholarship. The study helps to relocate musical documents in the world of their production and reception.
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Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Scuola normale superiore, Pisa, 2003. :
1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) : facsimiles. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-230) and indexes. :
9789047408970 :
0169-8958 ; :
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Alexandria's hinterland : archaeology of the western Nile Delta, Egypt /
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This volume contains detailed information about 63 sites and shows, amongst other things, that the viticulture of the western delta was significant in Ptolemaic and Roman periods, as well as a network of interlocking sites, which connected with the rest of Egypt, Alexandria, North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps. :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784910150 (PDF ebook) :
Alexandria antiqua : a topographical catalogue and reconstruction /
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'Alexandria Antiqua' aims to catalogue the archaeological sites of Alexandria, from the records of the French Expedition (1798-99) to the present day, and to infer the urban layout and cityscape at the time of its foundation (4th century BC), and then through the successive changes which took place up to the Arab conquest (7th century AD).
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (x, 372 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789699449 (PDF ebook) :
Macedonia-Alexandria : the monumental funerary complexes of the late Classical and Hellenistic age /
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This text explores the influence of Macedonians and Greeks settling in Alexandria ad Aegyptum on the structural form of underground tombs, comparing in synthetic form the structural elements of the cist graves, chamber and rock-cut tombs of Macedonia with the Alexandrian hypogea, while taking into account geographical factors that conditioned them.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789691375 (ebook) :
Alexandria and Qumran : back to the beginning /
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The Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most well-known archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. This book addresses the proto-history and the roots of the Qumran community and of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the light of contemporary scholarship in Alexandria, Egypt.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (xxvi, 586 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784917296 (ebook) :
Hellenistic Alexandria : celebrating 24 centuries : papers presented at the conference held on December 13-15 2017 at Acropolis Museum, Athens /
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This proceedings volume includes high-level dialogues and philosophical discussions between international experts on Hellenistic Alexandria. The goal was to celebrate the 24 centuries which have elapsed since its foundation and the beginning of the Library and the Museum of Alexandria.
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Previously issued in print: 2019.
Selected conference papers. :
1 online resource (xx, 296 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781789690675 (ebook) :
Philo of Alexandria, On planting : introduction, translation, and commentary /
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"The Jewish exegete and philosopher Philo of Alexandria has long been famous for his complex and spiritually rich allegorical treatises on the Greek Bible. The present volume presents first translation and commentary in English on his treatise De plantatione (On planting), following on the volume devoted to On cultivation published previously by the same two authors. Philo gives a virtuoso performance as allegorist, interpreting Noah's planting of a vineyard in Genesis 9.20 first in theological and cosmological terms, then moving to the spiritual quest of both of advanced souls and those beginning their journey. The translation renders Philo's baroque Greek into readable modern English. The commentary pays particular attention to the treatise's structure, its biblical basis and its exegetical and philosophical contents".
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004417519
St. Cyril of Alexandria : the christological controversy : its history, theology, and texts /
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St. Cyril of Alexandria: The Christological Controversy describes the turmoil of 5th century Christianity seeking to articulate its beliefs on the person of Christ. The policies of the Theodosian dynasty and the conflicting interests of the patriarchal sees are set as the context of the controversy between Nestorius of Constantinople and Cyril of Alexandria, a bitter dispute that racked the entire oecumene. The historical analysis expounds the arguments of both sides, particularly the Christology of Cyril which was adopted as a standard. Many major texts are presented in new translations, some of which have never before appeared in English. These writings are essential reading in the history of doctrine. The work will be an indispensable resource for all students of the period: theologians and Byzantinists.
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Includes translations of some of Cyril's writings. :
1 online resource (xiii, 425 pages) : illustrations, maps. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 406-418) and indexes. :
9789004312906 :
0920-623X ; :
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Clement of Alexandria on trial : the evidence of "heresy" from Photius' Bibliotheca /
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Clement of Alexandria (c.150-215 CE) is one of the most significant theologians of the second-century, and his work is still the subject of intense academic debate. This book provides a new perspective on Clement's thought, through a critical examination of the work of one of his critics, Photios (c.820-893 CE). Photios, the Patriarch of Constantinople, based his critique on Clement's (now lost) treatise 'Hypotyposeis', claiming the work contained eight 'heresies'. The book examines each 'error' listed in the 109th codex of Photios' 'Bibliotheca' in depth, using evidence from Clement's existing work to consider the likely accuracy of Photios' critique. Focusing on these eight 'heresies' offers a unique opportunity to illuminate what in terms of post-Nicene orthodoxy are Clement's most problematic opinions, setting them in the context of their original philosophical and theological frame.
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1 online resource (xvi, 185 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047429715 :
0920-623X ; :
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Philo of Alexandria, On cultivation /
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The Jewish exegete and philosopher Philo of Alexandria has long been famous for his allegorical treatises on the Greek Bible. The present volume contains the first translation and commentary in English on his treatise De agricultura ( On cultivation ), which gives an elaborate allegorical interpretation of Genesis 9:20. Noah's role as a cultivator is analysed in terms of the ethical and spiritual quest of the soul making progress towards its goal. The translation renders Philo's baroque Greek into readable modern English. The commentary pays particular attention to the treatise's structure, its biblical basis and its exegetical and philosophical contents. The volume will be valuable for the insights it gives into an unusual but highly influential method of biblical interpretation.
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1 online resource (xxii, 312 pages) : illustrations, music. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004243040 :
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The Septuagint South of Alexandria : Essays on the Greek Translations and Other Ancient Versions...
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This volume presents original research on the historical context, narrative and wisdom books, anthropology, theology, language, and reception of the Septuagint, as well as comparisons of the Greek translations with other ancient versions and texts.
This volume tackles topics relevant to the study of the Septuagint and related fields of research, such as the historical context of the Greek translations and texts, their anthropology, theology, language, and reception, as well as the comparison of the Septuagint with other ancient translations and texts of its intellectual environment. The authors make contributions to the study of the texts themselves, their themes, and theories in modern research on the ancient artefacts.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004521384
9789004521377
Unearthing Alexandria's archaeology : the Italian contribution /
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The results of an archival survey, historical research and archaeological description of the main Italian excavations in Alexandria from the 1890s to the 1950s, accompanied by often unpublished photographs and followed by a catalogue of other rare photographs of different archaeological sites in the city.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (viii, 194 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784918668 (ebook) :
The Septuagint South of Alexandria : Essays on the Greek Translations and Other Ancient Versions...
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This volume presents original research on the historical context, narrative and wisdom books, anthropology, theology, language, and reception of the Septuagint, as well as comparisons of the Greek translations with other ancient versions and texts.
This volume tackles topics relevant to the study of the Septuagint and related fields of research, such as the historical context of the Greek translations and texts, their anthropology, theology, language, and reception, as well as the comparison of the Septuagint with other ancient translations and texts of its intellectual environment. The authors make contributions to the study of the texts themselves, their themes, and theories in modern research on the ancient artefacts.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004521384
9789004521377
Philo of Alexandria and Greek myth : narratives, allegories, and arguments /
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In Philo of Alexandria and Greek Myth: Narratives, Allegories, and Arguments, a fresh and more complete image of Philo of Alexandria as a careful reader, interpreter, and critic of Greek literature is offered. Greek mythology plays a significant role in Philo of Alexandria's exegetical oeuvre. Philo explicitly adopts or subtly evokes narratives, episodes and figures from Greek mythology as symbols whose didactic function we need to unravel, exactly as the hidden teaching of Moses' narration has to be revealed by interpreters of Bible. By analyzing specific mythologems and narrative cycles, the contributions to this volume pave the way to a better understanding of Philo's different attitudes towards literary and philosophical mythology.
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Includes index. :
1 online resource. :
9789004411616