Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria

ISBN: 9781107414846 出版年：2011 页码：238 Maren R Niehoff Cambridge University Press

1. Setting the stage Part I. Early Jewish Responses to Homeric Scholarship: 2. A conservative reaction to critical scholarship in the letter of Aristeas 3. Questions and answers in Aristotelian style: Demetrius' anonymous colleagues 4. Aristobulus' questions and answers as a tool for philosophical instruction Part II. Critical Homeric Methods in the Fragments of Philo's Anonymous Colleagues: 5. Comparative mythology 6. Historical perspectives on Scripture 7. Traces of text criticism among Alexandrian Jews Part III. The Inversion of Homeric Scholarship by Philo: 8. Literal methods of Homeric scholarship in Philo's allegorical commentary 9. Philo's questions and answers as a manual of instruction 10. Philo's exposition of the law at a significant distance from Alexandrian scholarship Epilogue Abbreviations Bibliography Index.