While it would not be correct to say that Philo's works have been "lost"--scholars have always known and used Philo--they have essentially been "misplaced" as far as the average student of the Bible is concerned. Now the translation of the eminent classicist C. D. Yonge is available in an affordable[...]
Let us begin by promising that no actual birds are harmed in this story. The Canary of the title is Margaret Odell, once a showgirl in the Ziegfeld Follies, more recently an occasional nightclub singer and professional good time. When she is murdered, there are any number of suspects, all of the mal[...]
Philo of Alexandria was a Greek-speaking Jewish philosopher, who is now recognised as the most important representative of Hellenistic Judaism. His writings provide a concise view of the development of Judaism in the Diaspora. His essays seek to synthesise revealed faith and philosophic reason, and [...]
Philo von Alexandria, der etwas ltere Zeitgenosse des Paulus, ist der wichtigste Repr sentant des alexandrinischen Judentums. An der Schnittstelle von biblischer berlieferung sowie platonischer und stoischer Philosophie bieten die Schriften Philos eine ganz eigenst ndige j dische Anthropologie und[...]
Die Sorge um das Selbst ist in jungerer Vergangenheit als eines der zentralen Themen der hellenistischen Philosophie wiederentdeckt worden. Gudrun Holtz zeigt am Beispiel vor allem des judischen Theologen Philo von Alexandrien, aber auch des Apostels Paulus, wie theologische Anthropologie im Gegenub[...]
English summary: Philo of Alexandria was the first Middle Platonic thinker whose writings have largely survived. Otto Kaiser introduces the reader to his life, work and writings based on the extant manuscripts. Philo of Alexandria is one of the most important figures in the history of Hellenic cultu[...]
Paul's question in 1 Cor 9:1, "Am I not free?" provides the initial focus of this study. Paul's discourse (1 Cor 9) creatively exhibits his own freedom as subsumed under the ultimate good, the gospel in which he shares. Paul's vocabulary (compulsion, willingly and unwillingly, rights and freedom), i[...]
On my cell-phone the time is 3.00am. I am not holding a religion in my hand to check the hour, just a cell phone to orient me. This is a June morning and it is cold here. I turn in my bed and close my eyes. The map of Kenya appears first vaguely on my mind. It has no in-land features but this shape [...]