THE COHN-WENDLAND CRITICAL EDITION OF PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA

The Cohn-Wendland edition of Philo (Philonis Alexandrini opera quae supersunt 6 vols. [Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1896–1915]) is familiar to any serious student of Philo, and I will merely sketch some of its valuable features. Prior to their work on this edition, Leopold Cohn and Paul Wendland had both m...

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Subtitles:SPECIAL SECTION: FROM EDITIO PRINCEPS TO EDITIO MAIOR: THE HISTORY OF EDITIONS OF PHILO
Main Author: Royse, James Ronald 1944- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Brown Univ. 2021
In: The studia Philonica annual
Year: 2021, Volume: 33, Pages: 197-208
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Summary:The Cohn-Wendland edition of Philo (Philonis Alexandrini opera quae supersunt 6 vols. [Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1896–1915]) is familiar to any serious student of Philo, and I will merely sketch some of its valuable features. Prior to their work on this edition, Leopold Cohn and Paul Wendland had both made important contributions to our understanding of the history of the text of Philo. Most notably, Cohn had published a new edition of De opificio mundi as Philonis Alexandrini libellum de opificio mundi (Breslau: Wilhelm Köbner, 1889), and had written several articles that discuss the manuscript tradition.¹ And Wendland had published...
ISSN:1052-4533
Contains:Enthalten in: The studia Philonica annual