Review of Koskenniemi, Greek writers and philosophers in Philo and Josephus

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Greek writers and philosophers in Philo and Josephus: a study of their secular education and educational ideals.

Erkki Koskenniemi, Greek writers and philosophers in Philo and Josephus: a study of their secular education and educational ideals. Studies in Philo of Alexandria, volume 9. Leiden: Brill, 2019. Pp. x, 352. ISBN 9789004391932 €138,00.

Review by
Maren Niehoff, Hebrew University in Jerusalem. maren.niehoff@mail.huji.ac.il

This monograph aims at identifying the explicit references to Greek writers and philosophers in the vast corpora of two Greek-speaking, Jewish authors, namely Philo of Alexandria and Josephus Flavius. ...

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