INTRODUCTION
The corpus Philonicum is one of the largest bodies of non-Christian literature composed in Greek by a single author that has come down to us from the ancient world. Like so many of the other large collections, a significant number of Philo’s writings have been lost: approximately one-third of what P...
| Subtitles: | SPECIAL SECTION: FROM EDITIO PRINCEPS TO EDITIO MAIOR: THE HISTORY OF EDITIONS OF PHILO |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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| In: |
The studia Philonica annual
Year: 2021, Volume: 33, Pages: 125-132 |
| Summary: | The corpus Philonicum is one of the largest bodies of non-Christian literature composed in Greek by a single author that has come down to us from the ancient world. Like so many of the other large collections, a significant number of Philo’s writings have been lost: approximately one-third of what Philo wrote has disappeared.¹ Just as there were attempts to organize or catalogue other large corpora in the ancient world such as the corpus Aristotelicum,² so Eusebius provided a catalogue of Philo’s works that were part of the Episcopal library in Caesarea. However, the bishop’s three categories of works that... |
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| ISSN: | 1052-4533 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The studia Philonica annual
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