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LOT 25:
1561 JEWISH PHILOSOPHY BY PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA IN LATIN ANTIQUE JUDAICA
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1561 JEWISH PHILOSOPHY BY PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA IN LATIN ANTIQUE JUDAICA
Philo of Alexandria
Summi philosophi, ac scriptoris eloquentissimi, operum...
Interpreted by S. Gelenius, J. Christopherson & J. Voeuroeus.
2 parts in 1 volume.
Lyon, N. Petronillus for S. Gryphius Erben; 1561
With woodcut printer's mark on the title page
8 leaves, 512 pages, 20 leaves, 480 pages, 8 leaves.
18th century leather binding , spine with raised bands and title label, decorated in gilt
Red edges
Leather worn, good interior
Text in Latin
Philo of Alexandria (c.?20 BCE – c.? 50 CE), also called Philo Judæus, was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt.
The only event in Philo's life that can be decisively dated is his representation of the Alexandrian Jews in a delegation to the Roman emperor Caligula in 40 CE following civil strife between the Jewish and Greek communities of Alexandria.
Philo was a leading writer of the Hellenistic Jewish community in Alexandria, Egypt. He wrote expansively in Koine Greek on philosophy, politics, and religion in his time; specifically, he explored the connections between Greek Platonic philosophy and late Second Temple Judaism. For example, he maintained that the Greek-language Septuagint and the Jewish law still being developed by the rabbis of the period together serve as a blueprint for the pursuit of individual enlightenment.
Philo's deployment of allegory to harmonize Jewish scripture, mainly the Torah, with Greek philosophy was the first documented of its kind, and thereby often misunderstood. Many critics of Philo assumed his allegorical perspective would lend credibility to the notion of legend over historicity.
Philo often advocated a literal understanding of the Torah and the historicity of such described events, while at other times favoring allegorical readings.
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