Philo's Quod deterius is a discussion of the Cain and Abel episode in the Bible. Philo follows the Greek translation of the Septuagint, not the Hebrew text, although he may have known traditions that relied on the Hebrew. His treatment of the text is unique, combining elements of traditional Greek commentary on literary texts, moralizing diatribe in highly wrought rhetorical language, midrashic-like exegesis involving the extensive use of other biblical passages, and philosophical theory. The present commentary illuminates these various components of Philo's discussion, especially by means of parallel texts, pagan, Jewish, and Christian, from across antiquity. Using these sources and paying attention to ancient exegetical thinking, Adam Kamesar attempts to trace the overall direction and coherence of what Philo is saying. This kind of treatment of Philo's allegorical treatises has rarely been undertaken before on this scale. The volume also includes a new English translation of the work.
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Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Editions-Typ
Produkt-Hinweis
Fadenheftung
Gewebe-Einband
Illustrationen
Worked examples or Exercises
Maße
Höhe: 221 mm
Breite: 142 mm
Dicke: 45 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-009-23479-5 (9781009234795)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Adam Kamesar is Professor of Judeo-Hellenistic Literature at Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati. He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Philo (Cambridge, 2009), and has written extensively on the history of the translation and interpretation of the Bible in its Greek and Latin forms.
Herausgegeben und übersetzt von
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Ohio
1. Introduction; 2. Detailed Outline of the Contents of the Quod deterius; 3. List of Departures from the Text of the Cohn-Wendland Edition; 4. Text and Translation; 5. Commentary.
