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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Philo of Alexandria On the contemplative life
    sub title: introduction, translation, and commentary
  name:
    name part: Taylor, Joan E.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Hay, David M.
    name part: 1935-
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2021
    copyright date: 2021
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxviii, 427 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
  abstract: On the Contemplative Life is known for its depiction of a philosophical group of Jewish men and women known as the 'Therapeutae.' Yet the reasons for their depiction have been little understood. In the first commentary on the treatise in English for over 100 years, the social, cultural and political background of the times in which Philo lived are shown to be crucial in understanding Philo's purposes. As Alexandrian Jews were vilified and attacked, Philo went to Rome to present the case for his community, faced with intense opposition. Side-stepping direct confrontation, Philo here cleverly presents the Therapeutae as the pinnacle of excellence, most especially in their communal meal, while ridiculing his accusers in a stinging parody of a festive banquet.
  note: Introduction, translation and textual notes by Joan E. Taylor ; commentary by Joan E. Taylor, David M. Hay.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-380) and indexes.
  subject:
    name:
      name part: of Alexandria
      name part: Philo
  subject:
    topic: Therapeutae
  classification: B689.D443 T39 2021
  classification: 181/.06
  related item:
    title info:
      title: De vita contemplativa. English
    name:
      name part: Philo,
      name part: of Alexandria
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Philo of Alexandria commentary series ; v. 7
  identifier: 9789004438149
  identifier: 9004438149
  identifier: 9789004439238
  identifier: 2020030075
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 200702
    record change date: 20210422112554.0
    record identifier: in00004436367