THE FIRST CRITICAL EDITION OF PHILO: THOMAS MANGEY AND THE 1742 EDITION
In the editio princeps of Philo, Adrianus Turnebus described the corpus Philonicum as he encountered it in the tradition by simply saying: “we have found a great deal of confusion in the order of his works.”¹ Anyone who has worked with the manuscripts that have preserved Philo’s treatises knows that...
| Subtitles: | SPECIAL SECTION: FROM EDITIO PRINCEPS TO EDITIO MAIOR: THE HISTORY OF EDITIONS OF PHILO |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brown Univ.
2021
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The studia Philonica annual
Year: 2021, Volume: 33, Pages: 133-160 |
| Summary: | In the editio princeps of Philo, Adrianus Turnebus described the corpus Philonicum as he encountered it in the tradition by simply saying: “we have found a great deal of confusion in the order of his works.”¹ Anyone who has worked with the manuscripts that have preserved Philo’s treatises knows that this is no exaggeration. Turnebus attempted to bring the three manuscripts that he knew² into order by using three principles: Philo’s description of the Exposition of the Law,³ the sequence of the biblical text,⁴ and Eusebius’s category of single volume works for the catalogue of the episcopal library at Caesarea.⁵... |
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| ISSN: | 1052-4533 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The studia Philonica annual
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