Philo in early Christian literature : a survey /
It is a remarkable fact that the writings of Philo, the Jew from Alexandria, were preserved because they were taken up in the Christian tradition. But the story of how this process of reception and appropriation took place has never been systematically research. In this book the author first examine...
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Language: English
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Assen : Minneapolis :
Van Gorcum ; Fortress Press,
1993.
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Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum
3/3.
Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum Special E-Book Collection, 1974-2014, ISBN: 9789004280090.
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Call Number: B689.Z7 R865 1993
| Summary: | It is a remarkable fact that the writings of Philo, the Jew from Alexandria, were preserved because they were taken up in the Christian tradition. But the story of how this process of reception and appropriation took place has never been systematically research. In this book the author first examines how Philo's works are related to the New Testament and the earliest Chritian writing, and then how they were used by Greek and Latin church fathers up to 400 c.e., with special attention to the contributions of Clement, Origen, Didymus, Eusebius, Gregory of Nyssa, Ambrose, and Augustine. Philo in Early Christian Literature is a valuable guide to the state of scholarly research on a subject that has thus far been investigated in a rather piecemeal fashion. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 418 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-392) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004275164 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |