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1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) |
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Oxford early Christian studies |
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Oxford early Christian studies.
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Cover; Philo of Alexandria and the Construction of Jewishness in Early Christian Writings; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; PHILO AT THE PARTING OF THE WAYS; WHO IS A JEW? PHILO'S DISTINCTION BETWEEN IOUDAIOI AND ISRAEL; WHY THIS NEW RACE-OR PRACTICE?; CHRISTIANITY AS PHILOSOPHY; PHILO AND THE WISDOM OF THE GREEKS; THE PLAN OF THE BOOK; 1: Christians Reading Philo; THE ENIGMATIC PHILO; THE EARLIEST ALEXANDRIAN CHRISTIANS; THE TRAJANIC REVOLT OF 115-117; THE CATECHETICAL SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA: A CONTINUOUS JEWISH-CHRISTIAN INSTITUTION? |
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AN ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS: READING PHILO IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOLSCONCLUSIONS; 2: The Pythagorean: Clement's Philo; INTRODUCING CLEMENT; ISRAEL, HEBRAIOI, AND IOUDAIOI IN CLEMENT'S WRITINGS; Israel; Hebraioi; Ioudaioi; CLEMENT'S RECEPTION OF PHILO: PREVIOUS APPRAISALS; CLEMENT'S INVOCATIONS OF PHILO; Stromateis 1.5.31; Stromateis 1.15.72.4; Stromateis 1.23.153; Situating the Philonic Borrowings in the Context of Stromateis 2; Stromateis 2.19.100; PHILO THE PYTHAGOREAN?; PHILO: PYTHAGOREAN AND IOUDAIOS?; CONCLUSIONS; 3: "One of our Predecessors": Origen's Philo; INTRODUCING ORIGEN |
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ORIGEN'S INTERACTIONS WITH JEWS IN ALEXANDRIA AND CAESAREAIOUDAIOI, HEBRAIOI, AND ISRAEL IN CONTRA CELSUM; Ioudaios; Ebionites; Israel; Hebraioi; ORIGEN'S RECEPTION OF PHILO; Contra Celsum 4.51; Contra Celsum 6.21; Commentary on Matthew 15.3; One of our Predecessors; CONCLUSIONS; 4: "Of the Hebrew Race": Eusebius's Philo; INTRODUCING EUSEBIUS; School and Church in Caesarea; Pamphilus's School among the Philosophical Schools; Relationships among Jews and Christians in Eusebius's Caesarea; EUSEBIUS'S DEFINITIONS OF IOUDAIOI, HEBRAIOI, AND CHRISTIANOI IN DEMONSTRATIO EVANGELICA 1; Hebraioi |
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IoudaioiChristianoi; EUSEBIUS'S PHILO IN MODERN RESEARCH; Philo the "Virtual/Quasi/Honorary/Semi-Christian"; Philo the Persistent Jew; EUSEBIUS'S TESTIMONIA TO PHILO: PHILO THE HEBREW THEOLOGIAN; PE 7.12-13; PE 7.18; PE 11.15; PE 11.24; PE 13.18.12; PHILO AS A SOURCE FOR THE JEWISH WAY OF LIFE AND JEWISH PHILOSOPHY; PE 8.6; PE 8.7; PE 8.8-10; PE 8.11-12; PHILO THE LEARNED MAN; PHILO THE WITNESS TO THE SUFFERINGS OF THE JEWS; PHILO AS A WITNESS TO THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY; CONCLUSIONS; Conclusion; PHILO THE PYTHAGOREAN; PHILO THE PREDECESSOR; PHILO THE HEBREW |
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EPILOGUE: PHILO CHRISTIANUS, PHILO JUDAEUSBibliography; Ancient Writings; Modern Works; Index |
| Summary |
"Philo of Alexandria and the Construction of Jewishness in Early Christian Writings investigates portrayals of the first-century philosopher and exegete Philo of Alexandria, in the writings of Clement of Alexandria, Origen, and Eusebius. It argues that early Christian invocations of Philo are best understood not as attempts simply to claim an illustrious Jew for the Christian fold, but as examples of ongoing efforts to define the continuities and distinctive features of Christian beliefs and practices in relation to those of the Jews. This study takes as its starting point the curious fact that none of the first three Christians to mention Philo refer to him unambiguously as a Jew. Clement, the first in the Christian tradition to openly cite Philo's works, refers to him twice as a Pythagorean. Origen, who mentions Philo by name only three times, makes far more frequent reference to him in the guise of an anonymous "one who came before us." Eusebius, who invokes Philo on many more occasions than does Clement or Origen, most often refers to Philo as a Hebrew. These epithets construct Philo as an alternative "near-other" to both Christians and Jews, through whom ideas and practices may be imported to the former from the latter, all the while establishing boundaries between the "Christian" and "Jewish" ways of life. The portraits of Philo offered by each author reveal ongoing processes of difference-making and difference-effacing that constituted not only the construction of the Jewish "other," but also the Christian "self.""-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 2, 2018) |
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Philo, of Alexandria
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Philo, of Alexandria -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Philo, of Alexandria fast |
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Jewish philosophy -- To 1500.
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Christianity and other religions -- Judaism.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Eastern.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Christianity
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Interfaith relations
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Jewish philosophy
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Judaism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191860331 |
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0191860336 |
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9780192552549 |
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0192552546 |
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0198820720 |
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9780198820727 |
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