Résumé
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A Jewish author and contemporary of Christ, Philo of Alexandria belonged to an exceptionally rich cultural milieu whose complexity still constitutes a challenge for today's scholars. Is Philo fundamentally Jewish, because his work consists mainly in commenting the Pentateuch? Or was his aim to 'translate' texts written in Greek philosophical terms, making them intelligible to the Greek cultural environment he lived in and to all of Alexandria? Modern scholars have studied this question, most often insisting on his 'Hellenization' of the Jewish faith. But what makes this author really interesting is that he maintained both sides of his heritage, faith and culture. In this way he influenced the first Christians who were called upon to express their faith in his wake, and in the same philosophical context. The omnipresence of Hellenic thought, which provided the setting for Philo's faith, makes his work more difficult to read since this culture has become slightly unfamiliar to non-specialists. In this book, Mariette Canévet's aim is to free this remarkable spirituality from its gangue. In order to make Philo accessible to the wider public he deserves to reach, and to present him as a possible spiritual master, she does not hesitate to enrich her own text with large excerpts from the philosopher's work, whose beauty and depth readers will savour.
L'auteur - Mariette Canévet
Autres livres de Mariette Canévet
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PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Mariette Canévet |
Parution | 20/08/2009 |
Format | 12.5 x 19.5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 266g |
EAN13 | 9782204088169 |
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