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 The Works of Philo: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated Edition Philo Judaeus Translated by C. D. Yonge 
 Description From The Publisher: While it would not be correct to say that Philo's works have been "lost" — scholars have always known and used Philo — they have essentially been "misplaced" as far as the average student of the Bible is concerned. Now for the first time in nearly 140 years the translation of the eminent classicist C. D. Yonge is available in an affordable, easy-to-read edition, with a new foreword and newly translated passages, and containing supposed fragments of Philo's writings from ancient authors such as John of Damascus. The title and arrangement of the writings have been standardized according to scholarly conventions. A contemporary of Paul and Jesus, Philo Judaeus, of Alexandria, Egypt, is unquestionably among the most important writers for historians and students of Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity. Although Philo does not explicitly mention Jesus, or Paul, or any of the followers of Jesus, Philo lived in their world. It is from Philo, for example, that we learn about how, like the Gospel of John, Jews (and Greeks) in ancient Mediterranean spoke of the creative force of God as God's Logos. Philo, too, employs interpretive strategies that parallel those of the author of Hebrews. Most scholars would agree that Philo and the author of Hebrews are drawing from the same, or at least similar, traditions of Hellenistic Judaism. With these kind of connections to the world of Judaism and early Christianity, Philo cannot be ignored. About the Author Philo, usually known as Philo the Jew (Philo Judaeus) or Philo of Alexandria (a city in Egypt with a large Jewish Diaspora population in Greco-Roman times), lived from about 20 B.C. to about AD. 50. He is one of the most important Jewish authors of the Second Temple period of Judaism and was a contemporary of both Jesus and Paul. Yet, Philo is not nearly as well known or as frequently read as the first century AD. Jewish historian Josephus. His family, of a sacerdotal line, was one of the most powerful of the populous Jewish colony of Alexandria. His brother Alexander Lysimachus was steward to Anthony's second daughter, and married one of his sons to the daughter of Herod Agrippa, whom he had put under financial obligations. Alexander's son, Tiberius Alexander, apostatized and became procurator of Judea and Prefect of Egypt. Table of Contents Publisher's Preface Foreword: An Introduction to Philo Preface to the Original Edition On the Embassy to Gaius: The First Part of the Treatise on Virtues Questions and Answers on Genesis, I (Quaestiones et Solutiones in Genesin, I) Questions and Answers on Genesis, II (Quaestiones et Solutiones in Genesin, II) Questions and Answers on Genesis, III (Quaestiones et Solutiones in Genesin, III) Appendix 1: Concerning the World Appendix 2: Fragments Subject Index Index of Old Testament Scriptures Cited in Notes Maps Customer Reviews Write your own online review. Look for Similar Books by Subject  Reference & Bible HelpsHistoryThe Philo Index: A Complete Greek Word Index to the Writings of Philo of AlexandriaWorks of Josephus Josephus and the New Testament  | |||||||
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