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Philo of Alexandria: A Thinker in the Jewish Diaspora (2012) is the English edition of Philon d'Alexandrie: un penseur en diaspora (2003 Hadas-Lebel), book, translated from the French by Robyn Fréchet.

Abstract

"Mireille Hadas-Lebel shines a spotlight on the complex life and works of Philo, the illustrious Alexandrian Jewish philosopher, offering a fascinating insight into a seminal religious thinker at the crossroads of Judaism and Hellenism ... Philo (20BCE?-45CE?) is the most illustrious son of Alexandrian Jewry and the first major scholar to combine a deep Jewish learning with Greek philosophy. His unique allegorical exegesis of the Greek Bible was to have a profound influence on the early fathers of the Church. Philo was, above all, a philosopher, but he was also intensely practical in his defence of the Jewish faith and law in general, and that of Alexandria's embattled Jewish community in particular. A famous example was his leadership of a perilous mission to plead the community's cause to Emperor Caligula. This monograph provides a guide to Philo's life, his thought and his action, as well as his continuing influence on theological and philosophical thought."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Boston, MA: Brill, 2012 (Studies in Philo of Alexandria, 7).

Contents

Alexandria "on the edge" of Egypt -- Being Jewish in Alexandria in Philo's day -- Philo's cultural world -- Amid political turmoil -- Judaism according to Philo : practice and ethics -- The biblical commentary -- Philo and Philosophy -- Philo's doctrine -- Philo, 'father of the church honoris causa.'

External links

• [ Google Books]