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Greek Writers and Philosophers in Philo and Josephus
A Study of Their Secular Education and Educational Ideals
Series: - Studies in Philo of Alexandria, Volume: 9
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In Greek Writers and Philosophers in Philo and Josephus Erkki Koskenniemi investigates how two Jewish writers, Philo and Josephus, quoted, mentioned and referred to Greek writers and philosophers. He asks what this tells us about their Greek education, their contacts with Classical culture in general, and about the societies in which Philo and Josephus lived. Although Philo in Alexandria and Josephus in Jerusalem both had the possibility to acquire a thorough knowledge of Greek language and culture, they show very different attitudes. Philo, who was probably admitted to the gymnasium, often and enthusiastically refers to Greek poets and philosophers. Josephus on the other hand rarely quotes from their works, giving evidence of a more traditionalistic tendencies among Jewish nobility in Jerusalem.
Erkki Koskenniemi, PhD. (1992) Ã
bo Akademi University, is Adjunct Professor in Biblical studies at the University of Helsinki, University of Eastern Finland and Ã
bo Akademi University. His publications include The Old Testament Miracle-Workers in Early Judaism (Mohr, 2005) and Apollonios von Tyana in der neutestamentlichen Exegese (Mohr, 1994).
Preface
1 Introduction â1âThe Task of the Study â2âA Brief History of the Research â3âThe Outline of Graeco-Roman Education â4âA More Precise Definition of the Task
2 Philo: Offspring from Sarah and Hagar â1âIntroduction â2âPhilo and Greek Writers â3âPhiloâs Educational Ideals and His Own Witness â4âJews and the Secular Education in Alexandria â5âConclusion
3 Josephus: It Is Difficult to Transplant an Old Tree â1âIntroduction â2âJosephus and Greek Writers â3âGreek Language and Classical Education in Jerusalem â4âJosephusâ Own Witness and the Quality of His Greek â5âConclusion
4 Philo and Josephus
Bibliography Index
1 Introduction â1âThe Task of the Study â2âA Brief History of the Research â3âThe Outline of Graeco-Roman Education â4âA More Precise Definition of the Task
2 Philo: Offspring from Sarah and Hagar â1âIntroduction â2âPhilo and Greek Writers â3âPhiloâs Educational Ideals and His Own Witness â4âJews and the Secular Education in Alexandria â5âConclusion
3 Josephus: It Is Difficult to Transplant an Old Tree â1âIntroduction â2âJosephus and Greek Writers â3âGreek Language and Classical Education in Jerusalem â4âJosephusâ Own Witness and the Quality of His Greek â5âConclusion
4 Philo and Josephus
Bibliography Index
Scholars of Early Judaism, Classical Philology and New Testament exegesis, especially those interested in Hellenistic Philosophy and backgrounds of the New Testament and contacts between Greek and Jewish/Christian worlds.