Philo and the Physiognomic Tradition

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" Philo and the Physiognomic Tradition "
David Lincicum

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1075214
Doc. No	:	LA118843
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12340374‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	David Lincicum
Title & Author	:	Philo and the Physiognomic Tradition [Article]\ David Lincicum
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	44/1
Page No	:	57–86
Abstract	:	In the context of recent interest in physiognomy among students of ancient Judaism and Christianity, attention to Philo of Alexandria has been strangely lacking. But Philo does evince some knowledge of the practice of physiognomy. After brief orientating remarks, evidence of Philo’s acquaintance with physiognomic topoi is supplied, together with consideration of the weighty objections Philo has to the theoretical underpinnings of strict physiognomics. In the end, Philo may be said to operate with a certain “physiognomic consciousness” even if he does not have the psychological theory and trust in sense-perception necessary to sustain a more far-reaching commitment to the practice. In the context of recent interest in physiognomy among students of ancient Judaism and Christianity, attention to Philo of Alexandria has been strangely lacking. But Philo does evince some knowledge of the practice of physiognomy. After brief orientating remarks, evidence of Philo’s acquaintance with physiognomic topoi is supplied, together with consideration of the weighty objections Philo has to the theoretical underpinnings of strict physiognomics. In the end, Philo may be said to operate with a certain “physiognomic consciousness” even if he does not have the psychological theory and trust in sense-perception necessary to sustain a more far-reaching commitment to the practice.
Descriptor	:	Philo of Alexandria
Descriptor	:	physiognomy
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12340374‬