Theme, genre and structure of ‘Every good man is free’. Evidence for authenticity of Philo's authorship

Keywords:

Philo, Probus, Essenes, Stoicism

Abstract

This article is an introduction to ‘Every good man is free’, which is little known and only partially quoted in Philonian studies. We begin by summarizing the subject of the treatise and make some considera­tions about its literary genre. When we briefly develop the structure of the work, we offer at the same time a summary of its contents part by part. We dedicate a subtitle to the Essene community, because it is the most quoted fragment and comprises an important portion of the treatise (§§73-91). Finally, in order to elucidate whether the work is authored by Philo we mark differ­ences and similarities with the theological position of the Alexandrian in other treatises and list certain topics and rhetorical figures that appear in our text.

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Author Biography

Marta Alesso, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa

Doctora en Letras (Universidad Nacional de La Plata). Profesora Titular de Lengua y Literatura Griegas en la Facultad de Ciencias Humanas de la Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina, hasta diciembre de 2019. Directora e Investigadora Responsable del Proyecto de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (PICT 2015) “Filón de Alejandría en clave contemporánea”. Editora de los libros Hermenéutica de los géneros literarios: de la Antigüedad al cristianismo, Instituto de Filología Clásica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, y Mesianismo y política, Editorial de la Universidad Nacional General Sarmiento, Argentina. Traductora con comentarios y notas de Odisea de Homero.

Published

2024-11-25

How to Cite

Alesso, M. (2024). Theme, genre and structure of ‘Every good man is free’. Evidence for authenticity of Philo’s authorship. Circe De clásicos Y Modernos, 28(2). Retrieved from https://cerac.unlpam.edu.ar/index.php/circe/article/view/8724