One God, one law [[electronic resource] ] : Philo of Alexandria on the Mosaic and Greco-Roman law / / by John W. Martens

• Autore: Martens John W. <1960->
• Pubblicazione: Boston, : Brill Academic Publishers, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.1/8/092
• Soggetto topico: Jewish law - History; Law, Greek - Philosophy - History; Roman law - Philosophy - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-199) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: "Higher" Law and the Superfluity of the Law in Greek Thought: Unwritten Law; Chapter Two: "Higher" Law: The Law of Nature; Chapter Three: "Higher" Law: The Living Law; Chapter Four: Philo and φυσ́ις; Chapter Five: Philo and the Law; Chapter Six: The Unity of the Law; Chapter Seven: Thesmos in Philo of Alexandria; Excursus: Thesmos Philo and the Stoics on the καθηκ́οντα and the κατορθωμ́ατα; Chapter Eight: Conclusions; Appendix 1: The Date of the Pythagorean Kingship Tractates; Appendix 2: Philo and the Oral Law ; BibliographyIndex of Modern Authors; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Subjects
• Sommario/riassunto: A study of the influence of Hellenism and Greco-Roman philosophy on Philo of Alexandria's view of the Mosaic law. In particular, it examines how Philo integrated Greco-Roman conceptions of law, such as Unwritten Law, into his understanding of the Mosaic law of the Jews and the Patriarch's lives.
• Titolo autorizzato: One God, one law
• ISBN: 1-280-46389-9; 9786610463893; 1-4237-1445-8; 90-474-0008-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783339603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Medieval philosophy, mathematics, and science.; Studies in Philo of Alexandria and Mediterranean antiquity ; ; v. 2.