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'''Philo of Alexandria''' is a graduate course offered by Gabriele Boccaccini at the University of Michigan in the Fall 2012.

* For the Bibliography; see [[Philo Studies]]

==Overview==

The course deals with the figure and thought of [[Philo of Alexandria]], one of the most distinguished leaders of the Jewish community in Egypt, a well respected neo-Platonic philosopher, and a skillful politician in the Roman Empire

==Syllabus==

Wednesdays 4:30-7:30pm / 4000 Thayer 

Sep 5, 12, 19, 26
Oct 3 (10) 17, 24, 31
Nov 7, 14, 28
Dec 5, 12

Introduction (Sep 5 & 12)

(a) Philo's metaphysics (5 weeks; Sep 19 & 26; Oct 3, 10, 17). 

*[[De opificio mundi]]
*[[De Abrahamo]] 
*[[De Iosepho]]
*[[De Vita Mosis]] I-II

(b) Philo's halakha (4 weeks; Oct 24 & 31; Nov 7 & 14): 

[[De specialibus legibus]] and [[De decalogo]]

*Oct 24 -- SpecLeg: Book 1 -- Prologue; I, and II commandments
** Read also Dec 1-49, 50-65, 66-81

*Oct 31 -- Spec Leg: Book 2 -- III, IV, and V commandments
**Read also Dec 82-95, 96-105, 106-120

*Nov 7 -- SpecLeg: Book 3 -- VI, and VII commandments
**Read also Dec 121-131, 132-134

*Nov 14 -- SpecLeg: Book 4 -- VIII, IX, and X commandments; Epilogue
** Read also Dec 135-137, 138-141, 142-153; 154-175

(c) Philo's politics (2 weeks, Nov 28 & Dec 5): 

[[In Flaccum]] and [[Legatio ad Gaium]] (see also Against Apion)