Affordable edition of Philo's works, featuring modern type and newly translated sections. Covers Hebrew Scriptures and Jewish topics. Ideal for scholars and students.

\["For readers interested in early Jewish thought", "Makes Philo's writings accessible at a low price", "You will deepen your understanding of biblical context"\]

This affordable edition of Philo brings ancient wisdom to life.

Charles Duke Philo

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Publisher's Preface

Foreword

Preface to the Original Edition

On the Creation

Allegorical Interpretation, I

Allegorical Interpretation, II

Allegorical Interpretation, III

On the Cherubim

On the Birth of Abel and the Sacrifices Offered by Him and by His Brother Cain

That the Worse Is Wont to Attack the Better

On the Posterity of Cain and His Exile

On the Giants

On the Unchangeableness of God

On Husbandry

Concerning Noah's Work as a Planter

On Drunkenness

On the Prayers and Curses Uttered by Noah When He Became Sober

On the Confusion of Tongues

On the Migration of Abraham

Who Is the Heir of Divine Things

On Mating with the Preliminary Studies

On Flight and Finding

On the Change of Names

On Dreams, that They Are God-Sent

On Abraham

On Joseph

On the Life of Moses, I

On the Life of Moses, II

The Decalogue

The Special Laws, I

The Special Laws, II

The Special Laws, III

The Special Laws, IV

On the Virtues

On Rewards and Punishments

Every Good Man Is Free

On the Contemplative Life or Suppliants

On the Eternity of the World

Flaccus

Hypothetica: Apology for the Jews

On Providence (Fragment I)

On Providence (Fragment II)

On the Embassy to Gaius

Questions and Answers on Genesis, I

Questions and Answers on Genesis, II

Questions and Answers on Genesis, III

Appendix I: A Treatise Concerning the World

Appendix II: Fragments

An affordable edition of Philo! A contemporary of Jesus and Paul, Philo wrote extensively on the Hebrew Scriptures and other Jewish topics, but few have read his work because all available sets were pricey. This edition features modern type, passages keyed to the Loeb referencing system, and several newly translated sections not found in other editions.

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 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 the Greco-Roman world 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.

C. D. Yonge (1812-1892), a noted classicist and author of more than thirty-five works, studied classics at St. Mary Hall, Oxford. A professor of modern history and English literature at Queen's College, Belfast, from 1866 until the time of his death, Yonge also compiled a Greek-English lexicon. The present translation of the works of Philo first appeared in 1854-1855 in 4 volumes in Bohn's Ecclesiastical Library.

The Works of Philo, translated by C.D. Yonge, offers an accessible edition of Philo's writings on Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity, including newly translated passages and fragments.

\["For students and scholars of biblical history", "Provides access to Philo's significant writings", "You will deepen your understanding of early faith traditions"\]

The Works of Philo offers invaluable insights into early Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism.

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