Hannah’s “Hard Day” and Hesiod’s “Two Roads”: Poetic Wisdom in Philo’s De ebrietate
In De ebrietate 150, Philo quotes Hesiod’s Works and Days (287, 289-292) in his interpretation of Hannah’s alleged drunkenness in 1 Samuel. These poetic verses contrast the difficulty of the road to virtue with the ease of acquiring wickedness. On Philo’s reading, the misperception of Hannah’s “hard...
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Journal for the study of Judaism
Year: 2015, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 44-64 |
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Philo
De ebrietate
Hesiod
Works and Days
1 Samuel
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Hannah
poetry
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