Who were the Therapeuts in Philo’s De Vita Contemplativa? Cover Image

Ко су били Терапеути у Vita Contemplativa Филона Александријског?
Who were the Therapeuts in Philo’s De Vita Contemplativa?

Author(s): Aleksandar Đakovac
Subject(s): Biblical studies
Published by: Свети Архијерејски Синод
Keywords: Philo of Alexandria; Therapeuts; Essenes; Eusebius of Caesarea

Summary/Abstract: In contemporary research, the prevailing view is that the Therapeuts, of which Philo of Alexandria writes in Vita Contemplativa, were a Jewish group or sect. There is also an opinion that Therapeuts are the product of Philo’s utopian fantasy. In both cases, the report of Eusebius of Caesarea in the Church history is dismissed as unfounded. In this paper, we will outline the reasons why we believe that Eusebius’s view cannot be rejected as unfounded, and that it is more convincing than alternative assumptions.

  • Issue Year: LII/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 601-618
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Serbian