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Philo of Alexandria, On cultivation
- Title
- Philo of Alexandria, On cultivation / introduction, translation, and commentary by Albert C. Geljon, David T. Runia.
- Author
- Philo, of Alexandria.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
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- Description
- xxii, 312 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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."--Publisher's description.
- Series Statement
- Philo of Alexandria commentary series ; volume 4
- Uniform Title
- De agricultura. English
- Philo of Alexandria commentary series ; v. 4.
- Alternative Title
- De agricultura.
- On cultivation
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-285) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: 1. The place of the treatise in the Philonic corpus 2. The genre of the treatise 3. The exegetical structure of the treatise 4. The use of the Bible 5. The main themes of the treatise 6. The intellectual sitz im leben 7. The nachleben of the treatise 8. The text of the treatise 9. Status quaestionis-Previous scholarship on the treatise 10.Some notes on the method used in the translation and the commentary. -- Translation: Philo of Alexandria, on cultivation. -- Commentary: Pt.1 Noah as cultivator Pt. 2 Noah begins as cultivator.
- Call Number
- JFF 18-668
- ISBN
- 9789004243033
- 9004243038
- 9004243046
- 9789004243040
- LCCN
- 2012034623
- OCLC
- 808810912
- Author
- Philo, of Alexandria.
- Title
- Philo of Alexandria, On cultivation / introduction, translation, and commentary by Albert C. Geljon, David T. Runia.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Philo of Alexandria commentary series ; volume 4Philo of Alexandria commentary series ; v. 4.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-285) and index.
- Added Author
- Geljon, Albert C.Runia, David T.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 18-668