Philo of Alexandria

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Hellenistic Jewish philosopher biblical commentator exegete theologian writer

Philo of Alexandria was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher of the 1st century CE who blended Jewish theology with Greek philosophy, especially Platonism and Stoicism.

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instanceOf Hellenistic Jewish philosopher →
biblical commentator →
exegete →
theologian →
writer →
activeInCentury 1st century CE →
birthPlace Alexandria →
Ptolemaic Egypt →
citizenship Roman Empire →
concept Logos as divine intermediary →
allegorical method of scriptural interpretation →
distinction between transcendent God and created world →
culture Hellenistic Judaism →
ethnicGroup Jewish →
historicalContext Roman rule over Judea and Egypt →
Second Temple Judaism →
influenced Church Fathers →
Clement of Alexandria →
Middle Platonists →
Neoplatonism →
Origen →
early Christian theology →
influencedBy Greek philosophy →
Hebrew Bible →
Plato →
Stoic philosophers →
knownFor allegorical interpretation of the Hebrew Bible →
doctrine of the Logos →
synthesizing Jewish theology with Greek philosophy →
language Koine Greek →
mainInterest Jewish theology →
biblical exegesis →
ethics →
metaphysics →
name Philo Judaeus →
Philo of Alexandria →
notableWork Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae) →
On the Creation (De opificio mundi) →
On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium) →
On the Life of Moses (De vita Mosis) →
On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus) →
occupation biblical scholar →
philosopher →
writer →
philosophicalTradition Hellenistic philosophy →
Middle Platonism →
Platonism →
Stoicism →
religion Judaism →
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