The Symposium of Philo’s Therapeutae: Displaying Jewish Identity in an Increasingly Roman World
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Philo's description of the sober Jewish symposium in De vita contempletiva resembles the attitude of the contemporary elite in Rome and caps a growing disparagement of the traditional Greek symposium that can be traced through his earlier writings.Downloads
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2010-03-29
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