The Phoenician History of Philo of Bybios: A Commentary (Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance)

Baumgarten's commentary is a slightly revised version of his 1972 Columbia University dissertation, a dissertation which in microfilm form has already been utilized to great benefit by several students. Given that this work is a commentary, its plan is quite straightforward. After a brief, prefatory discussion, Baumgarten prints the text of Philo of Byblos as established by F. Jacoby (Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker [ = FGH], 1969) in chapter two. The following chapters then begin with Baumgarten's translations of sections of the text, with most of each chapter devoted to commenting on these translated sections. I. The Main Problems II. The Greek Text III. Biographical Data IV. Porphyry's Account of Sanchuniathon V. Philo's Account of Sanchuniathon VI. The Cosmogony VII. The Discoverers VIII. The Life of Kronos IX. Kronos' Victory & Philo's Conclusion X. Child Sacrifice & Snakes XI. Conclusions Albert I. Baumgarten. Thesis--columbia University. Text In English And Greek. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. Xi-xxix.