Philosophical cosmology and religious polemic: The “worship of creation” in the writings of Philo of Alexandria and the Wisdom of Solomon
This article treats Hellenistic Jewish literature that ridicules the alleged worship of the elements, the heavens, the heavenly bodies, or other “parts” of the cosmos, especially as developed in the writings of Philo of Alexandria and Ps-Solomon. It is argued that such claims constitute a distinctiv...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2021, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 6-28 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Creation
/ Veneration
/ kosmos (Word)
/ Early Judaism
/ Philo, Alexandrinus 25 BC-40
/ Bible. Wisdom 13
/ Philo of Byblos 54-140
B Image veneration |
| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Wisdom of Solomon
B Philo of Alexandria B Philo of Byblos B Aristobulus B Romans 1 B philosophical cosmology B Idolatry |
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| Summary: | This article treats Hellenistic Jewish literature that ridicules the alleged worship of the elements, the heavens, the heavenly bodies, or other “parts” of the cosmos, especially as developed in the writings of Philo of Alexandria and Ps-Solomon. It is argued that such claims constitute a distinctive sub-type of religious polemic that draws on and adapts from Platonic and Stoic traditions of cosmology. Such polemics are most clearly developed in Philo’s treatises and in chapter 13 of the Wisdom of Solomon, but they also appear in more abbreviated form in the fragments of Philo of Byblos and Aristobulus. I suggest that these traditions of invective may bear on the interpretation of Rom 1:19–23, but only in an indirect way. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5286 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/09518207211041308 |