An Introduction To Philo Judaeus - Softcover

Goodenough, Erwin Ramsdell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1258130246 ISBN 13: 9781258130244

Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC, 2011

Synopsis

Philo needs no apology. In all the great body of literature devoted to him and his thought, there is no satisfactory work which can be given the general reader to introduce him to the subject. What brief studies exist are antiquated by recent researches, and in no case were written to serve the double purpose of helping the beginner to make a start in an intelligent reading of Philo and of presenting what is now the point of view from which all study of Philo must, whether in agreement or disagreement, depart. The problem of the relation of early Christianity to its environment, which has engrossed historians of religion, and which conservative scholars conservative technically as well as theologically have tended to belittle or neglect, is the great problem of then xt generation of students in the field. It has been easy to dismiss the work of historians of religion who have been content simply to list pagan parallels to theN ew Testament, so long as conclusions of great importance were drawn from mere similarities between early Christian ideas and those of religions scattered from India to Britain.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1258130246
• ISBN 13: 9781258130244
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 234