Thursday, September 22, 2011

Philo: Defenders Theological Dictionary


PHILO was a Jewish philosopher and theologian that lived in Alexandria, Egypt in the first century. Although he came from a Jewish priestly family, he was highly influenced by Greek Platonic thought. He thought of the Logos as a mediator of God and the creator of the physical world. Philo is well known for making use of allegorical principles in the interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures.

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