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

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

The politics of Philo Judaeus; practice and theory.

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

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

From Practical Essays by Bain, Alexander

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