Philo of Alexandria - Books and Journals

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9890. D.Sedley,‘TheophrastusandEpicureanPhysics,’inJ.M.van
Ophuijsen and M. van Raalte (edd.), Theophrastus Reappraising the
Sources, Rutgers University Studies in the Humanities 8 (New Brunswick–London
1998) 331–354.
Sedley argues that in book V of his poem Lucretius responds to the four
arguments on behalf of the eternity of the cosmos attributed to Theophrastus
by Philo in Aet. 117–149. Although the language of the passage is primarily
Philonic, the material presented is authentically Theophrastean. (DTR)
9891. T.Seland,Paulus i Polis. Paulus’ sosiale verden som forståelsesbakgrunn
for hans forkynnelse [Norwegian: Paul in Polis. Paul’s Social
WorldasBackgroundforUnderstandinghisProclamation],Forskningsrapport
34 (Volda 1998), esp. 154–156.
In this textbook on the social background of Paul, the author not only presents
central aspects of the life and work of Philo (pp. 154–156), but also makes
extensive use of Philo’s works in describing the social conditions in the Diaspora
at the time of Paul. For the revised edition published in 2004 see 204114.
(TS)
9892.R.Sgarbi,‘Tecnicatraduttivanellaversionearmenadeltrattato
filoneo Sugli altari,’ in R. Umberto and G. Garbugino (edd.), Grammatica
e lessico delle lingue ‘morte’ (Alessandria 1998) 259–269.
The Armenian translation of the works of Philo contains a separate treatise
with the title ‘Work of Philo on the duties of the altar’, which corresponds to the
final part of the treatise ‘On sacrifices’ in Spec. 1. Sgarbi places the Greek text (in
the edition of C-W) opposite the Armenian version, and this comparison allows
him to reach the general conclusion that the Armenian translation, ‘though
remaining largely faithful to the Greek, does deviate from it in syntax and the
order of the words’ (p. 261). In such cases he examines what he calls ‘semantic
calques’, both from the lexical and syntactic point of view, as well as the cases of
double translation in their various forms. (RR)
9893. R.W.Sharples,Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for his Life,
Writings, Thought and Influence, Commentary Volume 3.1 Sources on
Physics, Philosophia Antiqua 79 (Leiden 1998), esp. 130–142.
In Sharples’ Commentary on part of the new collection of fragments of
Theophrastus, the collaborator and successor of Aristotle (cf. RRS 2157), he gives
extensive comments on the long section in Philo’s Aet. 117–150, which is partly
drawn from Theophrastus, including numerous references to the copious secondary
literature on this controversial passage. See also the article of D. Sedley
above. (DTR)