عنوان

Philo of Alexandria and the Conquest of Canaan

Number

LA118278

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Title Proper

Philo of Alexandria and the Conquest of Canaan

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Katell Berthelot

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

According to the Torah, the Hebrews were commanded either to expel or to exterminate the Canaanites who were living in Canaan at the time of the conquest. Philo seems to feel rather ill-at-ease about the literal meaning of these biblical passages. Besides allegory, he uses four hermeneutical strategies: 1) to pass over the problematic texts in silence; 2) to play with the meaning of certain Greek words; 3) to justify the destruction of the Canaanites from a moral point of view; 4) to rewrite the biblical account. According to the Torah, the Hebrews were commanded either to expel or to exterminate the Canaanites who were living in Canaan at the time of the conquest. Philo seems to feel rather ill-at-ease about the literal meaning of these biblical passages. Besides allegory, he uses four hermeneutical strategies: 1) to pass over the problematic texts in silence; 2) to play with the meaning of certain Greek words; 3) to justify the destruction of the Canaanites from a moral point of view; 4) to rewrite the biblical account.

Date of Publication

2007

Physical description

39-56

Title

Journal for the Study of Judaism

Volume Number

38/1

International Standard Serial Number

1570-0631

Subject Term

ANATHEMA

Subject Term

APOLOGETICS

Subject Term

CANAANITES

Subject Term

CONQUEST

Subject Term

HEREM

Subject Term

HERMENEUTICS

Subject Term

HYPOTHETICA

Subject Term

PHILO

Katell Berthelot

Call Number

10.1163/157006307X170616

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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