Philo as rhetorician: diatribe moments in the De Abrahamo

Philo as rhetorician diatribe moments in the De Abrahamo

Philo of Alexandria’s treatise On the Life of Abraham provides a number of good examples of the literary genre of the diatribe. My purpose in this paper is to study the more elaborate of these, with a view to identifying their most characteristic features and exploring how they contribute to the eco...

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Published in:Hermathena no. 200/201; pp. 95 - 106
Main Author: Dillon, John
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Trinity College Dublin 01-06-2016
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Summary:Philo of Alexandria’s treatise On the Life of Abraham provides a number of good examples of the literary genre of the diatribe. My purpose in this paper is to study the more elaborate of these, with a view to identifying their most characteristic features and exploring how they contribute to the economy of the treatise as a whole.
ISSN:0018-0750