Paul and Philo on the Psalms: Towards a Spiritual Notion of Scripture

Philo of Alexandria shares Paul’s Jewish Diaspora background and his use of the LXX. He also addressed Roman audiences just a decade or two before Paul wrote his Letter to the Romans. He thus enables us to analyze Paul’s approach to Psalms from a rigorous historical perspective, which highlights bot...

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Main Author: Niehoff, Maren R. 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Novum Testamentum
Year: 2020, Volume: 62, Issue: 4, Pages: 392-415
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Paulus / Philo, Alexandrinus 25 BC-40 / Psalms / Romans / Vatican Palace / Stereotype / Diaspora (Religion) / Judaism
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Philo of Alexandria
B Rome
B Psalms as a key to spiritual exegesis
B historical context of authors
B Paul’s Letter to the Romans
B implied audience
B anti-Jewish stereotypes
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Summary:Philo of Alexandria shares Paul’s Jewish Diaspora background and his use of the LXX. He also addressed Roman audiences just a decade or two before Paul wrote his Letter to the Romans. He thus enables us to analyze Paul’s approach to Psalms from a rigorous historical perspective, which highlights both their phenomenological similarities and Paul’s innovations on the path to develop a spiritual notion of Scripture.
ISSN:1568-5365
Contains:Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341674