Philo of Alexandria's Ethical Discourse (eBook)

Living in the Power of Piety

CDP Nelida Naveros Cordova (Autor)

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2018
230 Seiten
Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-9787-0226-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This book examines Philo’s understanding of the acquisition of virtues and the avoidance of vices using the Greek concept of pietyas a central virtue in his ethical discourse. Naveros exceptionally shows how Philo construes his understanding of living ethically within both the Hellenistic Jewish and Greek traditions.

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Philo of Alexandria's Ethical Discourse: Living in the Power of Piety proposes a fresh approach to better understand Philo's ethics exploring the virtue of piety. In this exceptionally well-researched book, Nelida Naveros Cordova analyzes five major uses of piety in Philo's treatises piety and the Decalogue; piety as a foundational virtue; piety as the opposite of impiety; the practice of piety, and the relationship between piety and love of humanity. Naveros carefully examines each of these five uses within both the Hellenistic Jewish and Greek philosophical traditions, focusing particularly on piety's primary role in Philo's teaching about the acquisition of virtues and the avoidance of vices. Naveros argues that in his ethical discourse, Philo incorporates language familiar in ancient Greek philosophical ethical systems to attribute qualities and powers to the virtue of piety. This book illustrates the way Philo moves beyond both Hellenistic Jewish and Greek philosophical traditions by comprehensively showing how he develops the place of piety, from being a subordinate virtue in Greek catalogue of virtues to becoming a foundational virtue. Naveros brings evidence from ancient Greco-Roman and major Hellenistic Jewish texts as well as modern secondary literature in order to argue and support a plausible case for the understanding of Philo's unique configuration of his own ethical discourse, his view of virtue ethics, and his philosophical stance. To date, this is an original study on Philo's ethics, and the first to offer the fullest evaluation of piety within the categories of ancient ethical systems.

Autor

Nélida Naveros Córdova, CDP, is an adjunct professor of New Testament at Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary.

Inhalt

1. The Practice of Jewish Piety in Philo’s Hellenistic Jewish Context2. Philo’s Decalogue: Εὐσέβεια for the Service of God and Other Human Beings3. Εὐσέβεια as the Foundational Virtue in Philo’s Ethical Discourse4. Εὐσέβεια as the Opposite of Ἀσέβεια 5. The Practice of Εὐσέβεια: The Acquisition of Perfection and Knowledge of God6. Εὐσέβεια and Φιλανθρωπία 7. Εὐσέβεια the Way to Become Divine

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 12 Illustrations including: - 2 Black & White Illustrations; - 10 Tables.
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: classics • ethics • ethics in Philo • Hellenism • living in piety • Philo and Hellenism • Philo and virtue-ethics • Philo and virtues • Philo of Alexandria • Philo’s ethics • philosophical tradition • piety • piety in Philo • Virtue Ethics • virtues in Philo • virtues in philosophers
• ISBN-10: 1-9787-0226-4 / 1978702264
• ISBN-13: 978-1-9787-0226-4 / 9781978702264