Philo of Alexandria's Ethical Discourse: Living in the Power of Piety

This book illustrates the way Philo of Alexandria moves beyond Hellenistic Jewish and Greek philosophical traditions by developing reframing piety from a subordinate to a foundational virtue.

Philo of Alexandria's Ethical Discourse: Living in the Power of Piety proposes a fresh approach to better understand Philo's ethics exploring the virtue of piety. In this exceptionally well-researched book, Nélida Naveros Córdova analyzes five major uses of piety in Philo's treatises- piety and the Deca...