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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Label	Occurrences
Philo of Alexandria canonical	17
Philo Judaeus	1
Works of Philo of Alexandria	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic Jewish philosopher ⓘ biblical commentator ⓘ exegete ⓘ theologian ⓘ writer ⓘ
activeInCentury	1st century CE ⓘ
birthPlace	Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ surface form: Alexandria Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt
citizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
concept	Logos as divine intermediary ⓘ allegorical method of scriptural interpretation ⓘ distinction between transcendent God and created world ⓘ
culture	Hellenistic Jews ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic Judaism
ethnicGroup	Jewish ⓘ
historicalContext	Roman rule over Judea and Egypt ⓘ Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
influenced	Church Fathers ⓘ Clement of Alexandria ⓘ Middle Platonism ⓘ surface form: Middle Platonists Neoplatonism ⓘ Origen ⓘ early Christian theology ⓘ
influencedBy	Greek philosophy ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: 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 of Alexandria self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Philo Judaeus Philo of Alexandria self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae) ⓘ On the Creation (De opificio mundi) ⓘ On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium) ⓘ Life of Moses ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pontius Pilate → source → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

Hellenistic Jews → notableWork → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Works of Philo of Alexandria

Origen → influencedBy → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

Philo of Alexandria → name → Philo of Alexandria self-link ⓘ

Philo of Alexandria → name → Philo of Alexandria self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philo Judaeus

Essenes → mainSourceOfInformation → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes → primarySources → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

subject surface form: Essenes

Commentary on Matthew → influencedBy → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

Middle Platonism → influenced → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

Middle Platonism → notableRepresentative → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

Homilies on Exodus → influencedBy → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

Jewish philosophy → hasNotableFigure → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

On the Creation (De opificio mundi) → author → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae) → author → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus) → author → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

subject surface form: On the Special Laws

On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium) → author → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

subject surface form: On the Embassy to Gaius

Clement of Alexandria → influencedBy → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

Hypothetica (by Philo) → author → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ

Ambrosian theology → influencedBy → Philo of Alexandria ⓘ