The Man of Politics Can't Be Seduced: A Twice-Told Biblical Episode in Philo's On Joseph Reveals the Author's Political Theory

In his political treatise On Joseph, the first-century C.E. Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria elaborates the biblical episode of the Egyptian woman's failed seduction of Joseph as told in Genesis 39. He uses the episode twice: first, to extol the resistance of a future vice-regent of Egypt...

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Main Author: Lang, Bernhard 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Mohr Siebeck [2019]
In: Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
Year: 2019, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-71
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Philo, Alexandrinus 25 BC-40 / Joseph Patriarch / Seduction / Democracy / Judaism / Hellenism / Bible. Genesis 39
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
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