Philo of Alexandria: Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat - Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary

"Presents the Greek text of Philo's treatise Quod deterius in a redesigned format, along with a new English translation. The commentary attempts to facilitate the reading of this sometimes difficult author by means of reconstruction of the contexts of his discussions and by accessible analyses of the train of thought"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Detailed Outline of the Contents of the Quod deterius; 3. List of Departures from the Text of the Cohn-Wendland Edition; 4. Text and Translation; 5. Commentary.

About the author

Adam Kamesar is Professor of Judeo-Hellenistic Literature at Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati. He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Philo (Cambridge, 2009), and has written extensively on the history of the translation and interpretation of the Bible in its Greek and Latin forms.

Product details

• Assisted by: Adam Kamesar (Editor), Adam Kamesar (Translation), Kamesar Adam (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2023
• EAN: 9781009234795
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0923479-5
• No. of pages: 700
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Classical texts, Jewish Studies, Ancient World, Ancient Greek and Roman literature, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Jewish philosophy