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Move Over, Josephus—Here Comes Philo!


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Josephus will always be our pal, but it's time to meet another super-important ancient Jewish writer: Philo of Alexandria.  Living in the vibrant intellectual hub of 1st-century Alexandria, Philo applied Greco-Roman philosophical ideas to the Hebrew Bible and wrote some of the first books about biblical interpretation. 

Today Helen and Dave Learn all about Philo and the remarkable city of ancient Alexandria with guest Maren Neihoff, author of Philo of Alexandria: An Intellectual Biography.

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  • "Alexandria and Allegory"
  • "Philo, Clement & Origen"

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