Philo on Jewish Identity and Culture From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright Catholic Biblical Association of America Oct 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

MAREN R. NIEHOFF, Philo on Jewish Identity and Culture (TSAJ 86; Tubingen: Mohr [Siebeck], 2001). Pp. xviii + 319. euro89.

This book represents a substantial contribution to the study of Philo. In the introduction, Niehoff discusses the theory underlying the book's analysis. N. relies on theorists of culture and ethnic identity who use modern concepts derived substantially from studies of groups not part of the ancient world, but she finds their basic insights applicable to ancient societies. She sides with F. Barth in seeing ethnic identity as prior to culture. Culture, defined in C. ...

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