Hellenistic Jews - Hellenistic Jewish Writers, Ptolemaic Jews, Seleucid Jews, Josephus, Caecilius of Calacte, Philo, Tobiads, Eupolemus (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Hellenistic Jewish Writers, Ptolemaic Jews, Seleucid Jews, Josephus, Caecilius of Calacte, Philo, Tobiads, Eupolemus, Symmachus, Demetrius the Chronographer, Alexander the Alabarch, Menelaus, Onias Iv, Marcus Julius Alexander, Domninus of Larissa, Aristobulus of Paneas, Alcimus, Jason, Marinus of Neapolis, Onias Ii, Artapanus of Alexandria, Ezekiel the Tragedian, Andronicus Ben Meshullam, Jason of Cyrene. Excerpt: Philo (20 BCE 50 CE), known also as Philo of Alexandria (gr. ), Philo Judaeus, Philo Judaeus of Alexandria, Yedidia and Philo the Jew, was an Hellenistic Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria. Philo used allegory to fuse and harmonize Greek philosophy and Judaism. His method followed the practices of both Jewish exegesis and Stoic philosophy. His work was not widely accepted. "The sophists of literalness," as he calls them, "opened their eyes superciliously" when he explained to them the marvels of his exegesis. Philo's works were enthusiastically received by the Early Christians, some of whom saw in him a cryptic Christian. His concept of the Logos as God's creative principle apparently influenced early Christology. To him Logos was God's "blueprint for the world", a governing plan. The few biographical details concerning Philo are found in his own works, especially in Legatio ad Gaium ("embassy to Gaius"), and in Josephus. The only event in his life that can be determined chronologically is his participation in the embassy which the Alexandrian Jews sent to the emperor Caligula at Rome as the result of civil strife between the Alexandrian Jewish and Hellenized communities. This occurred in the year 40 CE. Philo was probably born with the name Julius Philo. Philo came from an aristocratic family which lived in Alexandria for gener... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=210191