Philo of Alexandria : An Introduction /

Sandmel, Samuel.

Philo of Alexandria : An Introduction / Samuel Sandmel. - New York : Oxford University Press, c1979. - xii, 204 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 195-197.

Part 1 : introduction -- Allegory -- Philo's writings -- Religion in Philo -- God and man -- Political theory -- Ethics: the individual -- Philo's achievement and his character -- Part 2 : Philo and Palestine Judaism -- Philo and gnosticism -- Goodenough on Philo -- Philo and Christianity.

Samuel Sandmel's book: Philo of Alexandria: An Introduction, is a basic introductory, supplementing his own teacher' Goodenough: 'An Introduction to Philo Judaeus,' and foundation to more recent works on Philo.

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