Philo, Judaeus (c. 20 <!g>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 <!g>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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