Philo of Alexandria and Greek Myth : Narratives, Allegories, and Arguments (Studies in Philo of Alexandria)

Alesse, Francesca (EDT)/ De Luca, Ludovica (EDT)

Brill（2019/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 291 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004411609

Full Description

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.

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, récits 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

 René 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 Hernández

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'Empédocle et la mythologie infernale chez Philon d'Alexandrie

 Lucia Saudelli

Index