Philo of Alexandria On the Contemplative Life: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary

Taylor, Joan E

Philo of Alexandria On the Contemplative Life: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary - Leiden Brill 2020 - 427p - Philo of Alexandria Commentary Series - 7 .

1. Philo and the Context of the Treatise
2. Genre and the Question of Actuality
3. The Treatise within the Philonic Corpus
4. Structure: The Two Ways
5. Texts, Translations and Commentaries
6. Nachleben: The Christian Use of De vita contemplativa
7. The Name of the "Therapeutae"
8. Identity: Ascetic Jewish Allegorists in Alexandria

Translation and Textual Notes: Philo of Alexandria, De Vita
Contemplativa
Translation
Textual Notes
Commentary
The Title
Chapter 1: §§1-11 Introduction
Chapter 2: §§ 12-39 The Good Example
Chapter 3: §§ 40-63 The Wrong Symposia
Chapter 4: §§ 64-89 The Right Symposia
Chapter 5: § 90 Conclusion

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