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David Winston distinguishes two types of Mosaic prophecy in Philo’s De vita Mosis, noetic and ecstatic. Noetic prophecy, which corresponds to Moses’s delivery of the special laws, is active and rational. Ecstatic prophecy, which corresponds to Moses’s predictive prophecies, is passive and irrational, though while some Greek authors view ecstasy in terms of a total possession by the god, Philo takes a more moderate view that can also be found in Plutarch. Winston’s appeal to Plutarch is the basis of this article. It explores ecstasy in Plutarch’s two dialogues on the Pythian oracle and applies Plutarch’s categories to Mosaic prophecy in De vita Mosis. In light of Plutarch’s discussion, noetic prophecy is actually passive, and ecstatic prophecy is actually active.
大卫-温斯顿(David Winston)在斐洛的《摩西的生活》(De vita Mosis)中将摩西的预言分为两种类型,一种是能动的预言,另一种是狂喜的预言。能动预言与摩西传达的特殊律法相对应,是积极和理性的。而与摩西的预言相对应的狂喜预言则是被动的、非理性的,尽管一些希腊作家认为狂喜是神的完全占有,但斐洛的观点较为温和,这在普鲁塔克那里也能找到。温斯顿对普鲁塔克的呼吁是本文的基础。文章探讨了普鲁塔克关于毕达神谕的两篇对话中的狂喜,并将普鲁塔克的分类应用于 De vita Mosis 中的摩西预言。从普鲁塔克的论述来看,无意识预言实际上是被动的,而狂喜预言实际上是主动的。
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The Journal for the Study of Judaism is a leading international forum for scholarly discussions on the history, literature and religious ideas on Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman period. It provides biblical scholars, students of rabbinic literature, classicists and historians with essential information. Since 1970 the Journal for Study of Judaism has been securing its position as one of the world’s leading journals. The Journal for the Study of Judaism features an extensive book review section as well as a separate section reviewing articles.