Philosophical cosmology and religious polemic: The “worship of creation” in the writings of Philo of Alexandria and the Wisdom of Solomon
This article treats Hellenistic Jewish literature that ridicules the alleged worship of the elements, the heavens, the heavenly bodies, or other “parts” of the cosmos, especially as developed in the writings of Philo of Alexandria and Ps-Solomon. It is argued that such claims constitute a distinctiv...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2021
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Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2021, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 6-28 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Creation
/ Veneration
/ kosmos
/ Early Judaism
/ Philo, Alexandrinus 25 BC-40
/ Bible. Wisdom 13
/ Philo of Byblos 54-140
B Image veneration |
| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
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Wisdom of Solomon
B Philo of Alexandria B Philo of Byblos B Aristobulus B Romans 1 B philosophical cosmology B Idolatry |
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