TY - BOOK AU - Sandmel,Samuel TI - Philo of Alexandria: An Introduction SN - 0195025148 AV - B689.Z7 S28 U1 - 296 22 PY - 1979/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Philo, N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -