Philo of Alexandria and Greek myth : narratives, allegories, and arguments
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Philo of Alexandria and Greek myth : narratives, allegories, and arguments
(Studies in Philo of Alexandria, v. 10)
Brill, c2019
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In Philo of Alexandria and Greek Myth: Narratives, Allegories, and Arguments, a fresh and more complete image of Philo of Alexandria as a careful reader, interpreter, and critic of Greek literature is offered. Greek mythology plays a significant role in Philo of Alexandria's exegetical oeuvre. Philo explicitly adopts or subtly evokes narratives, episodes and figures from Greek mythology as symbols whose didactic function we need to unravel, exactly as the hidden teaching of Moses' narration has to be revealed by interpreters of Bible. By analyzing specific mythologems and narrative cycles, the contributions to this volume pave the way to a better understanding of Philo's different attitudes towards literary and philosophical mythology.
Table of Contents
Preface
Francesca Alesse
Part 1: Philo of Alexandria and Myth-Telling
1 Philo's Refashioning of Greek Myth
Erich S. Gruen
2 Philo's Reception of Greek Mythology
Geert Roskam
3 Histoires grecques, recits bibliques. la lecture des mythes chez Philon d'Alexandrie
Francesca Calabi
4 Polytheos doxa and Mythologein: Philo of Alexandria as a "Historian of Religions"
Giulia Sfameni Gasparro
5 Philo's Struggle with Jewish Myth
Rene Bloch
Part 2: Gods, Heroes, and some Monsters
6 The God of the Philosophers, and the God of Israel
Erkki Koskenniemi
7 Philo of Alexandria on Greek Heroes
Pura Nieto Hernandez
8 Heracles and Philo of Alexandria: The Son of Zeus between Torah and Philosophy, Empire and Stage
Courtney J. P. Friesen
9 The Greek Character of Philo's Biblical Giants: A Reading of QG 2.82
Benjamin Garstad
10 Homer in Philo: Scylla's Myth in Philonic Philosophical Context
Marta Alesso
11 Les " plaies " d'Empedocle et la mythologie infernale chez Philon d'Alexandrie
Lucia Saudelli
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