02414oam 22004452 450 991079530740332120230817190127.090-04-39192-410.1163/9789004391925(CKB)4970000000170239(MiAaPQ)EBC5842333(nllekb)BRILL9789004391925(EXLCZ)99497000000017023920190131d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGreek writers and philosophers in Philo and Josephus a study of their secular education and educational ideals /by Erkki KoskenniemiBoston :Brill,2019.1 online resource (362 pages)Studies in Philo of Alexandria,1543-995X ;Volume 990-04-39193-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Introduction -- Philo: Offspring from Sarah and Hagar -- Josephus: It Is Difficult to Transplant an Old Tree -- Philo and Josephus -- Back Matter -- Bibliography.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.Studies in Philo of Alexandria ;9.Greek literaturePhilosophersGreeceGreek literature.Philosophers933.05092Koskenniemi Erkki1558213NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910795307403321Greek writers and philosophers in Philo and Josephus3822409UNINA