Creation and Literary Re-Creation
Ambrose's Use of Philo in the Hexaemeral Letters
One of the distinctive characteristics of the writings of Ambrose of Milan is his frequent and lengthy borrowings from the works of Philo of Alexandria. He treated the 1st-century Jewish philosopher as an authoritative predecessor and made use of his works to a far greater extent than any other Church Father did. This study seeks to fill a lacuna in the current scholarship by investigating Ambrose's use of Philo in his collection of letters, focusing on a set of three letters concerning the topic of the Genesis creation account (Ep. 29, 31, & 34 [PL#43, 44, & 45]). In all three cases, Ambrose fielded questions on the Six Days of Creat…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4632-4087-5
- EAN: 9781463240875
- Produktnummer: 32693777
- Verlag: Gorgias Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.8 cm 517 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 517
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