Studien Zu Philo Von Alexandrien
Publisher: de Gruyter GmbH, Walter
Published: 2016
Language: ger
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9783110494570
Description: The volume presents studies by the Marburg Old Testament scholar Otto Kaiser on the works of the Jewish religious philosopher Philo of Alexandria in the context of intellectual and cultural history. They examine issues of Jewish Biblical exegesis along with Philo's anthropology and cosmology, his understanding of ritual and prayer, and his ideas about living a virtuous life and overcoming death.