Greek Writers and Philosophers in Philo and Josephus (Studies in Philo of Alexandria, 9) - Hardcover

Erkki Koskenniemi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004391932 ISBN 13: 9789004391932

Publisher: BRILL, 2019

Synopsis

In Greek Writers and Philosophers in Philo and Josephus Erkki Koskenniemi investigates how two Jewish writers, Philo and Josephus, quoted, mentioned and referred to Greek writers and philosophers. He asks what this tells us about their Greek education, their contacts with Classical culture in general, and about the societies in which Philo and Josephus lived. Although Philo in Alexandria and Josephus in Jerusalem both had the possibility to acquire a thorough knowledge of Greek language and culture, they show very different attitudes. Philo, who was probably admitted to the gymnasium, often and enthusiastically refers to Greek poets and philosophers. Josephus on the other hand rarely quotes from their works, giving evidence of a more traditionalistic tendencies among Jewish nobility in Jerusalem.

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About the Author:

Erkki Koskenniemi, PhD. (1992) Åbo Akademi University, is Adjunct Professor in Biblical studies at the University of Helsinki, University of Eastern Finland and Åbo Akademi University. His publications include The Old Testament Miracle-Workers in Early Judaism (Mohr, 2005) and Apollonios von Tyana in der neutestamentlichen Exegese (Mohr, 1994).

About this edition

• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 9004391932
• ISBN 13: 9789004391932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 364