عنوان

Philo im ethnografischen Diskurs

شماره

LA118953

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Philo im ethnografischen Diskurs

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Angela Standhartinger

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

In De Vita Contemplativa, Philo of Alexandria describes a group of female and male philosophers called therapeutae. The existence of the group is beyond doubt. However, Philo is our sole witness. This paper argues that the riddle of the historical therapeutae can be solved by a comparison of Contempl. with ancient ethnographical writings. Like Philo, Diodor, the Stoic Chaeremon and Plutarch also highlight Egyptian religiosity and myth as a source of original wisdom, philosophy and truth. It will be shown that Philo's depiction of the "therapeutical race" refers to a full repertoire of topics and motifs from ancient ethnographical discourse. Most strikingly, the Jewish author self-presents here as Greek while creating an idealized portrait of a group, the Jewish identity of which is revealed only in the last third of the writing. The paper argues that Philo presents "common" Judaism in the guise of an Egyptian religious "sect". In De Vita Contemplativa, Philo of Alexandria describes a group of female and male philosophers called therapeutae. The existence of the group is beyond doubt. However, Philo is our sole witness. This paper argues that the riddle of the historical therapeutae can be solved by a comparison of Contempl. with ancient ethnographical writings. Like Philo, Diodor, the Stoic Chaeremon and Plutarch also highlight Egyptian religiosity and myth as a source of original wisdom, philosophy and truth. It will be shown that Philo's depiction of the "therapeutical race" refers to a full repertoire of topics and motifs from ancient ethnographical discourse. Most strikingly, the Jewish author self-presents here as Greek while creating an idealized portrait of a group, the Jewish identity of which is revealed only in the last third of the writing. The paper argues that Philo presents "common" Judaism in the guise of an Egyptian religious "sect".

تاريخ نشر

2015

توصيف ظاهري

314-344

عنوان

Journal for the Study of Judaism

شماره جلد

46/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-0631

اصطلاح موضوعی

Allegory

اصطلاح موضوعی

asceticism

اصطلاح موضوعی

Chaeremon

اصطلاح موضوعی

Egyptian Judaism

اصطلاح موضوعی

Egyptian religion

اصطلاح موضوعی

ethnography

اصطلاح موضوعی

identity

اصطلاح موضوعی

Therapeutae and Therapeutrides

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Angela Standhartinger

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15700631-12340110

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y