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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Philo"”.
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Philo of Alexandria's Exposition of the Tenth Commandment
… of a larger exposition on the Ten Commandments, Philo offers in Spec.4.78b-131 a detailed exposition of both the Tenth Commandment, which he reads simply as "You shall not desire," and the Mosaic dietary laws, which he identifies as a distinct set of subsidiary laws designed to promote observance …
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Platonic and Stoic Passions in Philo of Alexandria
Philo of Alexandria forged his theory of the soul and its passions while<br/>expositing the meaning of Torah. Though writing as a Jewish teacher and disciple of Moses, his biblical reflections display a strong orientation toward Middle-Platonic philosophy. On the topic of the soul and its passions, …
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The Beginning and Before: Interpreting Creation in Paul and Philo
… more detailed treatments of the same texts by Philo of Alexandria in his commentary on Genesis 1-2, De Opificio Mundi. The central thesis is this: Paul’s interpretation of creation, like Philo’s in his commentary, contains three interwoven aspects: the beginning of the world, the beginning of …
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The Metaphysics of Light in the Hexaemeral Literature: From Philo of Alexandria to Ambrose of Milan
… into account its historical development from Philo to Ambrose, with Origen, Basil and Nyssen as the main protagonists. It shows that, from a premodern perspective, the rational account of the nature of light leads through the study of the physical properties to the grasp of the logos or …
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The Representation of God in First Corinthians 8-10: Understanding Paul in the Context of Wisdom, Philo, and Josephus
<p>The interpretation of 1 Cor 8-10 is complicated by several factors. Scholars have noted the apparent contradictions in the text (primarily an issue within ch. 8) and also the remarkable changes in Paul's tone (primarily an issue with how 10:1-22 relates to 8:1-13 and 10:23-11:1). I argue that …
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A sketch of the logos doctrine from Heraclitus to Philo, with special reference to its relation to the logos doctrine of the New Testament
Th. D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1894
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Paul and Allegory: Galatians 4:21–31 Revisited
… not allegorizing because Paul was not doing what Philo, the allegorical exemplar of the first century, was doing. This argument is built on the following four pieces: First, this dissertation provides a selective survey of modern scholarship on the issue, showing that Philo serves as the …
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Matter and forces in quantum field theory - an attempt at a philosophical elucidation
Physics and philosophy are not two independent disciplines. They share a common origin; both contribute significantly to our worldview, and in my opinion there remain several levels of mutual dependence between them — in particular in the areas where they impinge on each other: natural philosophy, …
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The Lesser of Two Evils: The Figure of the Jew in Elizabethan Literature
… the depiction is intended to be anti-Semitic; b) philo-Semitic; c) that the playwrights are merely observing and documenting the anti-Semitism prevalent in Elizabethan London. This reductive view oversimplifies our understanding of the complexities of Jewish characters on the British Renaissance …
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Redeemed from the curse: Paul's understanding of the law and Gentiles in the light of Hellenistic Judaism
… the Wisdom of Solomon, Baruch, 4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, Philo of Alexandria and Pseudo-Philo testify to the Mosaic law's universal validity. Although Hellenistic Jews recognized the Mosaic law as the ethnic privilege of Israel, they connect the Mosaic law to all nations with various methods. For example, …
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The divine agent in Intertestamental Judaism : the origins of the concept in the Hebrew tradition and its application in the figures of the the "Son of Man" in the Similitudes of Enoch and the "Logos" in the writings of Philo of Alexandria
… of Enoch and the "Logos" in the writings of Philo of Alexandria. While the rabbinic and other legal abstractions are not a valid ideal model for understanding Divine Agency, they are nevertheless useful in that they articulate concepts more concisely than is the case elsewhere. A brief …
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A Seal of Faith: Rereading Paul on Circumcision, Torah, and the Gentiles
… in conversion along with consideration of Philo of Alexandria's depiction of Abraham as an exemplar of and for the proselyte, this project will suggest that Paul, in Rom 4:11-12, uses the example of Abraham in order to explain the value of circumcision for Jews as well as for Gentiles. It …
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The Eschatological Role of the Jerusalem Temple: An Examination of Jewish Writings Dating from 586 BCE to 70 CE
… a role is indicated in 1 Enoch, Jubilees, Pseudo Philo, Tobit, Sirach, 2 Maccabees, and the Temple Scroll.</p>
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Love and ecology as an integrative force for good and as resistance to the commodification of nature and planetary harms: Introducing Fluminism.
… part. I present Fluminism, a new love ethic and philo-sophical position, alternative to biocentrism (Taylor), ecocentrism (Naess) and anthro-pocentrism (Passmore), and innately insubordinate to the consumption patterns of a di-visive and distorted socio-political and economic value system. …
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ΙΟΥΣΤΙΝΟΣ. Ο ΜΑΡΤΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΣ ΩΣ ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΛΑΙΑΣ ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗΣ
… HEBREW HERMENEUTICS AND APOCRYPHA, AND ALSO PHILO THE JEW; AND HE WAS THE FIRST TO REFER TO DIVINE INSPIRATION IN THE O.T. AND TO THE UNITY OF THE TWO TESTAMENTS, ARGUING AGAINST THE GNOSTIS. THE MAIN TENETS OF HIS INTERPRETATION ARE THE APPEARANCESOF THE LOGOS, THE "PRESEMIOSIS" IN THE O.T. …
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Positioning the Intellectual: Žižek as a Sociological Phenomenon
… rise to prominence of Slavoj Žižek—the Slovene philo-superstar and intellectual celebrity. Drawing upon cultural sociology and the sociology of intellectual interventions, the dissertation widens the application of Positioning Theory, suggesting that Žižek’s unique mode of intellectual …
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Haima in Hebrews
… classified and assessed from the works of both Philo and Josephus, Rabbinic literature, the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, the Qumran community, and the NT. The final chapter of the dissertation deals with the meaning of blood in the Epistle itself, where the author of Hebrews uses his rhetorical …
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The geographies of encounter: investigating the spatiality and construction of 'meaningful' encounters with difference through the experiences of international students at University College Cork, Ireland
… Valentine and Anderrson 2015; Laurier and Philo 2006; Valentine and Sadgrove 2013; Harris, Valentine and Piekut 2014; Fincher and Iveson 2008). While these spaces produce a range of outcomes, the literature remains frustrated by a lack of clarity of what constitutes a ‘meaningful’ encounter …
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Jesus' resurrection as the climactic semeion in the Fourth Gospel
… literature such the Septuagint, Josephus, Philo as well as New Testament books is surveyed. The investigation results in the conclusion that all seventeen occurrences of the term semeion in the Fourth Gospel means a 'miracle,' which functions as authenticating miracle-worker's identity and …
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