Philo of Alexandria
Also known as Philo Judaeus
20 BCE–50 CE · Zugot · Rome
Philo of Alexandria (c. 20 BCE–c. 50 CE) was the foremost Hellenistic Jewish philosopher, who sought to harmonize the Torah with Greek (especially Platonic) thought through allegorical interpretation. Living in Alexandria's great Jewish community, he led its delegation to the emperor Caligula in 40 CE. His voluminous Greek writings shaped later Christian theology, though they left little trace in rabbinic literature.
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What they did here
Lived and wrote in Alexandria, the largest Jewish community of the Greco-Roman world, producing his allegorical commentaries on the Torah.
In Alexandria at the same time
Aenesidemus, Didymus Alexandrinus, Strabo, Aristonicus of Alexandria, Aelius Theon, Hero of Alexandria
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