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Philo of Alexandria: A Thinker in the Jewish Diaspora

Philo of Alexandria: A Thinker in the Jewish Diaspora

Hadas-Lebel, Mireille

Hardcover

PhilosophyGeneral ChristianityGeneral Eastern Religions

ISBN10: 9004209484
ISBN13: 9789004209480
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jul 26 2012
Pages: 242
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
Philo (20BCE?-45CE?) is the most illustrious son of Alexandrian Jewry and the first major scholar to combine a deep Jewish learning with Greek philosophy. His unique allegorical exegesis of the Greek Bible was to have a profound influence on the early fathers of the Church. Philo was, above all, a philosopher, but he was also intensely practical in his defence of the Jewish faith and law in general, and that of Alexandria's embattled Jewish community in particular. A famous example was his leadership of a perilous mission to plead the community's cause to Emperor Caligula. This monograph provides a guide to Philo's life, his thought and his action, as well as his continuing influence on theological and philosophical thought.

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