Institute for the Classical Tradition

ANRW II.21.1, pp. 227-271

Philo Judaeus and Exegetical Traditions in Alexandria by Burton L. Mack, Claremont, Cal. Contents
Introduction	228
I. The Sources of Philo's Religious Thought	229
A. The Greek Sources	229
1. The School Traditions	229
2. The Literary Sources	231
3. The Enduring Problem	232
B. Sources in Hellenistic Religions	233
1. The Mystery Religions	233
2. The Pattern of the Mystery	234
3. The Enduring Problem	236
C. The Jewish Sources	236
1. Palestinian Judaism	236
2. Comparative Midrash	237
a) Haggada	237
b) Halaka	238
3. The Enduring Problem	239
D. The Alexandrian Traditions	241
1. Exegetical Schools	241
2. Exegetical Traditions	244
a) BOUSSET's Q	244
b) STEIN's Etymological Source	245
c) HEINEMANN's Cynic Source	246
d) The Chaldaeans	247
e) The Symbolism of the Temple and the High Priest	247
f) The Wisdom Tradition	248
3. The Enduring Problem	249
II. Exegetical Methods in Philo's Commentaries	249
A. The Allegorical Method	250
1. The Limits of the Greek Analogue	250
2. The Contrast of the Jewish Method	253
B. A Typology of Exegetical Methods	257
1. The Anti-anthropomorphic Apology	257
2. The Encomium	258
3. The Reasoned Allegory	259
4. The Identification Allegory	260
5. The Development of a Theme	261
6. The Clarification of the Literal Meaning	261
C. Exegetical Systems and Trajectories	262
1. Exegetical Systems	262
2. Trajectories	263
D. Philo's Place on the Trajectories	264
1. Philo's Critique of the Traditions	264
a) Traditions Rejected	264
b) Traditions Qualified	265
c) Traditions Collected	265
2. His Capacity for System and Logic	265
a) The Commentaries as Systems	265
b) The Dualistic Frame	266
Conclusion	267
Bibliography	268