The Calendar of the Therapeutae as Described by Philo of Alexandria in De vita contemplativa ; El calendario de los terapeutas descritos por Filón de Alejandría en su tratado De vita contemplativa

The Therapeutae described by Philo in his treatise De vita contemplativa were settled on the outskirts of Alexandria, in a village, where they led an ascetic life of study and prayer. Secluded from the world, they spent their days in the solitude of their own refuge, but they had a weekly Sabbath day of fellowship. Their life was regulated by a Sabbath and Penteconta­d calendar, that is, based on the numbers seven and fifty, and overall inserted in a solar hemerological context. While number seven was related to the Sabbath, number fifty was associated with the day of the great feast of the co... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Cardoso Bueno, Diego Andrés
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Verlag/Hrsg.: Sección departamental de Estudios Hebreos. Departamento de Estudios Semíticos.
Schlagwörter: Calendar / Sabbath / therapeutae / Mareotis Lake / Pentecontad / calendario / sabático / terapeuta / lago mareotis / pentecontal
Sprache: Spanish
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The Therapeutae described by Philo in his treatise De vita contemplativa were settled on the outskirts of Alexandria, in a village, where they led an ascetic life of study and prayer. Secluded from the world, they spent their days in the solitude of their own refuge, but they had a weekly Sabbath day of fellowship. Their life was regulated by a Sabbath and Penteconta­d calendar, that is, based on the numbers seven and fifty, and overall inserted in a solar hemerological context. While number seven was related to the Sabbath, number fifty was associated with the day of the great feast of the community, that took place every seven weeks, from sunset on the forty-ninth to sunrise on the fiftieth. In this article we will try to explain the characteristics of this peculiar calendar and its relationship with others of the time. ; Los terapeutas descritos por Filón en el tratado De vita contemplativa estaban asentados a las afueras de Alejandría, en un poblado donde llevaban una vida ascética de estudio y oración. Apartados del mundo pasaban sus días en la soledad de su propio refugio, pero tenían cada semana una jornada de convivencia, la del Sabbat. Su vida estaba regulada por un calendario sabático y pentecontal, es decir, basado en los números siete y cincuenta, y a su vez enmarcado en un contexto hemerológico solar. Mientras que el siete se relacionaba con el ­Sabbat, el cincuenta estaba referido al día de la fiesta grande de la comunidad que acontecía cada siete semanas, desde el atardecer del día cuarenta y nueve hasta el amanecer del cincuenta. En este artículo trataremos de explicar las características de este peculiar calendario y sus relaciones con otros del momento.