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

For efforts in general to save the credit of myths by allegorical interpretation, and for those of Philo in particular, see Drummond, Philo Judaeus, London, 1888, vol. i, pp.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White

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 Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

For interesting summaries showing the growth of the story, see Drummond, Philo Judaeus and the Growth of the Alexandrian Philosophy, London, 1888, vol. i, pp.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White

The politics of Philo Judaeus; practice and theory.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1966 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Philo Judaeus says, that "Moses had been initiated by the Egyptians into the philosophy of symbols and hieroglyphics, as well as into the ritual of the holy animals."

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey