HUMAN BODY, DIVINE IMAGE, AND THE ASCENT OF THE MIND IN PHILO’S DE PLANTATIONE

Philo’s understanding of the ascent of the mind—including its place in the history of Greek and Roman philosophy and Jewish thought—is one of the central themes in Philonic scholarship,¹ and recent years have seen important studies on it.² Philo’s portraits of ascent are diverse and contingent upon...

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Main Author: Atkins, Christopher S. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Brown Univ. 2021
In: The studia Philonica annual
Year: 2021, Volume: 33, Pages: 73-90
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Summary:Philo’s understanding of the ascent of the mind—including its place in the history of Greek and Roman philosophy and Jewish thought—is one of the central themes in Philonic scholarship,¹ and recent years have seen important studies on it.² Philo’s portraits of ascent are diverse and contingent upon discursive factors, not least the role of embedded anterior interpretive traditions, even if not to the extent that Thomas Tobin envisioned in his study, The Creation of Man.³ For this reason, it is constructive to focus on specific passages and portrayals of ascent and identify the role of contingencies and contextual...
ISSN:1052-4533
Contains:Enthalten in: The studia Philonica annual