Philo as rhetorician: diatribe moments in the De Abrahamo.

Philo of Alexandria's treatise On the Life of Abraham provides a number of good examples of the literary genre of the diatribe. My purpose in this paper is to study the more elaborate of these, with a view to identifying their most characteristic features and exploring how they contribute to the eco...

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Published in:	Hermathena no. 200/201; pp. 95 - 107
Main Author:	Dillon, John
Format:	Article
Published:	Trinity College, Dublin Summer/Winter2016
Subjects:	Philo, of Alexandria, ca. 25 B.C.-ca. 50 Literary form
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	Philo of Alexandria's treatise On the Life of Abraham provides a number of good examples of the literary genre of the diatribe. My purpose in this paper is to study the more elaborate of these, with a view to identifying their most characteristic features and exploring how they contribute to the economy of the treatise as a whole.