Philo Judaeus

[fahy-loh joo-dee-uhs]

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Philo Judaeus

/ ˈfaɪləʊ dʒuːˈdiːəs /

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

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Philo Judaeus on the symbolism of the seven lamps, 10-m.

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

In Philo Judaeus, the good man is spoken of as free, the wicked man as a slave.

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

It is from Philo Judaeus, a Jewish Theosophist of Alexandria, who came to Rome in the reign of Caligula, Tiberius' successor.

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