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Philo of Alexandria : An Introduction / Samuel Sandmel.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c1979.Description: xii, 204 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0195025148
  • 9780195025149
  • 0195025156 (pbk.)
  • 9780195025156 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Philo of Alexandria.; Online version:: Philo of Alexandria.DDC classification:
  • 22 296 SAN
LOC classification:
  • B689.Z7 S28
Contents:
Part 1 : introduction -- Allegory -- Philo's writings -- Religion in Philo -- God and man -- Political theory -- Ethics: the individual -- Philo's achievement and his character -- Part 2 : Philo and Palestine Judaism -- Philo and gnosticism -- Goodenough on Philo -- Philo and Christianity.
Summary: Samuel Sandmel's book: Philo of Alexandria: An Introduction, is a basic introductory, supplementing his own teacher' Goodenough: 'An Introduction to Philo Judaeus,' and foundation to more recent works on Philo.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books Bishop Barham University College Library Open Access / General collection 296 SAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 482BBUC

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 195-197.

Part 1 : introduction -- Allegory -- Philo's writings -- Religion in Philo -- God and man -- Political theory -- Ethics: the individual -- Philo's achievement and his character -- Part 2 : Philo and Palestine Judaism -- Philo and gnosticism -- Goodenough on Philo -- Philo and Christianity.

Samuel Sandmel's book: Philo of Alexandria: An Introduction, is a basic introductory, supplementing his own teacher' Goodenough: 'An Introduction to Philo Judaeus,' and foundation to more recent works on Philo.

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