Philo Judaeus

American  

[fahy-loh joo-dee-uhs] / ˈfaɪ loʊ dʒuˈdi əs /

noun

1. c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.

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Philo Judaeus British  

/ ˈfaɪləʊ dʒuːˈdiːəs /

noun

1. ?20 _bc –?50 _ad , Jewish philosopher, born in Alexandria. He sought to reconcile Judaism with Greek philosophy

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Philo Judaeus

That these represented the planets, we are assured by Clemens of Alexandria, in his Stromata, and by Philo Judaeus.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

It was not brought into its present commanding position until the time of Anselm Philo Judaeus speaks of the story of the fall as symbolical; Origen regarded it as an allegory.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William

Not a few of these mistakes may be traced to Philo Judaeus.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)

Basilides appears, like Philo Judaeus, who lived about the same period, to have been half-Greek, half- Jew, and to have belonged to the celebrated Platonic school of Alexandria.

From The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 10: Vespasian by Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius

I have a strong impression on my mind of having read something very like it long ago in the works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus.

From Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes by Forbes, Duncan