SAPERE XXXVI: The Life of the Sage

Edited, translated and with interpretative essays by Matthias Adrian, Maximilian Forschner, Daniel Lanzinger, Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, Maren R. Niehoff, Friederike Oertelt, Simone Seibert and Nicolai Sinai. Ed. by Daniel Lanzinger.

Philon's biography of Abraham is a promotional writing for Judaism - written in a political context in which Jews had to fight for their rights. This volume offers a new translation of the text with introduction and annotations as well as six explanatory essays from different professional perspectives.

Adrian, Matthias; Forschner, Maximilian; Lanzinger, Daniel; Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther; Niehoff, Maren R.; Oertelt, Friederike; Seibert, Simone; Sinai, Nicolai
Composite volume; German, Ancient Greek
Published: 2020
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck Verlag: Tübingen
ISBN: 978-3-16-157537-2