Philo of Alexandria: Quod deterius potiori insidiari soleat: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary...

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Adam Kamesar (Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Ohio)

Philo of Alexandria

Quod deterius potiori insidiari soleat: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary

Adam Kamesar (Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Ohio)

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Cambridge University Press
30 June 2024

Philosophy; Judaism: sacred texts; Jewish studies

Philo's Quod deterius is a discussion of the Cain and Abel episode in the Bible. Philo follows the Greek translation of the Septuagint, not the Hebrew text, although he may have known traditions that relied on the Hebrew. His treatment of the text is unique, combining elements of traditional Greek commentary on literary texts, moralizing diatribe in highly wrought rhetorical language, midrashic-like exegesis involving the extensive use of other biblical passages, and philosophical theory. The present commentary illuminates these various components of Philo's discussion, especially by means of parallel texts, pagan, Jewish, and Christian, from across antiquity. Using these sources and paying attention to ancient exegetical thinking, Adam Kamesar attempts to trace the overall direction and coherence of what Philo is saying. This kind of treatment of Philo's allegorical treatises has rarely been undertaken before on this scale. The volume also includes a new English translation of the work.

Edited and translated by: Adam Kamesar (Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion Ohio)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009234795
ISBN 10: 100923479X
Pages: 700
Publication Date: 30 June 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. Detailed Outline of the Contents of the Quod deterius; 3. List of Departures from the Text of the Cohn-Wendland Edition; 4. Text and Translation; 5. Commentary.

Adam Kamesar is Professor of Judeo-Hellenistic Literature at Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati. He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Philo (Cambridge, 2009), and has written extensively on the history of the translation and interpretation of the Bible in its Greek and Latin forms.