Philo, Judaeus (c. 20 BCE-c. 50 CE)

Hellenistic philosopher and leading figure in the Jewish community of Alexandria.  He was a prolific writer who synthesized Greek thought and Jewish faith through his allegorical interpretation of the Pentateuch, the ancient Greek translation of the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures (what Christians would later call the Old Testament).  His interpretive aims and methods influenced medieval Jewish, Islamic, and Latin Christian philosophy.

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