Philo of Alexandria: On the Creation of the Cosmos According to Moses (Philo of Alexandria Commentary Series)

Philo of Alexandria: On the Creation of the Cosmos according to Moses......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
General Introduction to the Philo of Alexandria Commentary Series by Gregory E. Sterling, General Editor......Page 10
Preface......Page 16
Abbreviations......Page 18
1. The place of the treatise in the Philonic corpus......Page 20
2. The genre of the treatise......Page 24
3. Analysis of the treatise\'s contents......Page 27
(a) Philo\'s references to the biblical text......Page 29
(b) Philo\'s method of exegesis in Opif.......Page 36
(c) traditions of exegesis......Page 38
(d) Philo\'s text of the Pentateuch......Page 39
5. The main themes of the treatise......Page 40
6. Special theme: number symbolism and the arithmological tradition......Page 44
7. The intellectual Sitz im Leben......Page 48
(a) Judaism......Page 49
(b) Hellenism......Page 51
8. The Nachleben of the treatise......Page 55
9. The text of the treatise......Page 57
(a) scholarly literature specifically focused on Opif.......Page 59
(b) general studies......Page 61
11. Some notes on the method used in the translation......Page 63
12. Some notes on the method used in the commentary......Page 64
[Chapter 1] Introduction......Page 66
[Chapter 2] A preliminary comment on God and the cosmos......Page 67
[Chapter 3] The scheme of six days......Page 68
[Chapter 4] Day one: creation of the intelligible cosmos......Page 69
[Chapter 5] \"In the beginning\" does not mean creation in time......Page 71
[Chapter 6] The chief contents of the intelligible cosmos......Page 72
[Chapter 7] Second day: creation of the firmament......Page 73
[Chapter 8] Third day: creation of the earth......Page 74
[Chapter 9] Fourth day: a puzzle and the significance of its number......Page 76
[Chapter 10] Fourth day: creation of the heavenly bodies......Page 78
[Chapter 11] Fifth day: creation of the animal world......Page 80
[Chapter 12] Why is the human being created after God\'s image?......Page 83
[Chapter 13] Why was the human being not created by God alone?......Page 84
[Chapter 14] Why was the human being created last of all?......Page 85
[Chapter 15] The seventh day: excursus on the hebdomad......Page 89
[Chapter 17] The separation of the fresh from the salt water......Page 99
[Chapter 19] The excellence of the first human being......Page 101
[Chapter 20] The giving of names......Page 105
[Chapter 22] Events in the garden of delights and their interpretation......Page 106
[Chapter 23] Interpretation of the snake......Page 108
[Chapter 24] The consequences of wickedness......Page 110
[Chapter 25] Moses teaches five vital lessons......Page 111
Notes to the text and translation......Page 113
Title of the Work......Page 115
Analysis/General comments......Page 117
Detailed comments......Page 119
EXCURSUS 1: Law, cosmos and nature......Page 125
Nachleben......Page 127
Analysis/General comments......Page 129
Detailed comments......Page 130
EXCURSUS: Recent interpretations of Philo\'s argument......Page 140
Nachleben......Page 142
Analysis/General comments......Page 143
Detailed comments......Page 144
Parallel exegesis......Page 148
Nachleben......Page 149
Analysis/General comments......Page 151
Detailed comments......Page 154
EXCURSUS 1: Philo and the doctrine of the ideas as God\'s thoughts......Page 170
EXCURSUS 2: Philo on the origin of matter......Page 171
Nachleben......Page 172
Analysis/General comments......Page 175
Detailed comments......Page 176
Nachleben......Page 180
Analysis/General comments......Page 182
Detailed comments......Page 183
EXCURSUS: Wolfson\'s and Winston\'s interpretation of §29......Page 190
Nachleben......Page 191
Analysis/General comments......Page 193
Detailed comments......Page 194
Parallel exegeses......Page 196
Nachleben......Page 197
Analysis/General comments......Page 198
Detailed comments......Page 200
Nachleben......Page 205
Analysis/General comments......Page 206
Detailed comments......Page 207
Nachleben......Page 214
Analysis/General comments......Page 216
Detailed comments......Page 218
EXCURSUS: The Hellenistic cosmic religion......Page 226
Nachleben......Page 228
Analysis/General comments......Page 230
Detailed comments......Page 232
Parallel exegesis......Page 239
Nachleben.......Page 240
Analysis/General comments......Page 241
Detailed comments......Page 243
Nachleben......Page 253
Analysis/General comments......Page 255
Detailed comments......Page 258
Nachleben......Page 262
Analysis/General comments......Page 264
Detailed comments......Page 267
Nachleben......Page 277
Analysis/General comments......Page 279
Structure and contents......Page 280
Sources of and parallels for Philo\'s material......Page 283
The hebdomad and Judaism......Page 284
Detailed comments......Page 285
EXCURSUS 1: On John Lydus and the interpretation of §100......Page 317
EXCURSUS 2: Further discussion on Philo\'s use of sources......Page 320
EXCURSUS 3: A transladon of Anatolius\' chapter on the Hebdomad......Page 323
Parallel exegesis......Page 324
Nachleben......Page 325
Analysis/General comments......Page 328
Detailed comments......Page 330
Nachleben......Page 332
Analysis/General comments......Page 333
Detailed comments......Page 334
Parallel exegesis......Page 338
Nachleben......Page 339
Analysis/General comments......Page 340
Detailed comments......Page 343
Nachleben......Page 347
Analysis/General comments......Page 349
Detailed comments......Page 353
Nachleben......Page 365
Analysis/General comments......Page 367
Detailed comments......Page 368
Parallel exegesis......Page 371
Nachleben......Page 372
Analysis/General comments......Page 373
Detailed comments......Page 374
EXCURSUS: Philo\'s attitude towards women and sexuality......Page 378
Nachleben......Page 380
Analysis/General comments......Page 381
Detailed comments......Page 383
Nachleben......Page 390
Analysis/General comments......Page 392
Detailed, comments......Page 395
Nachleben......Page 402
Analysis/General comments......Page 404
Detailed comments......Page 406
Parallel exegesis......Page 408
Nachleben......Page 409
Analysis/General comments......Page 410
Detailed comments......Page 413
Nachleben......Page 422
1. Philo of Alexandria......Page 423
2. Other ancient texts......Page 424
3. Modern scholarly literature......Page 426
2. Index of Philonic texts cited......Page 443
3. Index of ancient texts cited......Page 446
4. Index of subjects and names......Page 449
5. Index of Greek terms......Page 459