On the Creation (De opificio mundi)

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allegorical treatise philosophical treatise religious text commentary

On the Creation (De opificio mundi) is a philosophical and allegorical treatise by Philo of Alexandria that interprets the biblical account of creation through the lens of Hellenistic, especially Platonic, thought.

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Label Occurrences
On the Creation 2
On the Creation (De opificio mundi) canonical 1
On the Workmanship of God 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf allegorical treatise ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
religious text commentary ⓘ
aim to provide an allegorical interpretation of Genesis 1 ⓘ
to reconcile biblical revelation with Greek philosophy ⓘ
approximateDate early 1st century CE ⓘ
audience Greek-speaking intellectuals ⓘ
educated Hellenistic Jews ⓘ
author Philo of Alexandria ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman province of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Roman Egypt
genre Middle Platonist philosophy ⓘ
biblical exegesis ⓘ
philosophical theology ⓘ
hasInfluenced early Christian theology ⓘ
later Jewish philosophy ⓘ
patristic exegesis ⓘ
historicalPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
influencedBy Book of Genesis ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Plato ⓘ
Timaeus ⓘ
interprets Sabbath rest ⓘ
creation of humanity ⓘ
six days of creation ⓘ
keyConcept Logos ⓘ
divine reason ⓘ
imago Dei ⓘ
intelligible world ⓘ
sensible world ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainSubject Book of Genesis ⓘ
allegorical interpretation of Scripture ⓘ
biblical creation narrative ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
creation of the world ⓘ
method allegorical exegesis ⓘ
philosophical commentary ⓘ
partOf corpus of Philo of Alexandria ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Hellenistic Jews ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

Middle Platonism ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Alexandria ⓘ
relatedWork Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae) ⓘ
surface form: Allegorical Interpretation (Philo)

On the Cherubim ⓘ
On the Sacrifices of Abel and Cain ⓘ
religiousContext Judaism ⓘ
title De opificio mundi ⓘ
On the Creation (De opificio mundi) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: On the Creation

Referenced by (4)

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Philo of Alexandria → notableWork → On the Creation (De opificio mundi) ⓘ
De Opificio Dei → titleTranslation → On the Creation (De opificio mundi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: On the Workmanship of God
On the Creation (De opificio mundi) → title → On the Creation (De opificio mundi) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: On the Creation
On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus) → relatedWork → On the Creation (De opificio mundi) ⓘ
subject surface form: On the Special Laws
this entity surface form: On the Creation