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... Philo of Alexandria , a Jewish contemporary of Jesus and the Apostle Paul and a key figure in understanding the ... Philo . Josephus , the historian of the Jews who also lived in the 1st century , says that Philo's family surpassed all ...
... Philo of Alexandria , a Jewish contemporary of Jesus and the Apostle Paul and a key figure in understanding the ... Philo . Josephus , the historian of the Jews who also lived in the 1st century , says that Philo's family surpassed all ...
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... Philo's life occurred in the year 39 or 40 , when , after a pogrom against the Jews in Alexandria , he headed an ... Philo was prepared to answer the charge of disloyalty levelled against the Jews by the notorious anti- Semite Apion , a ...
... Philo's life occurred in the year 39 or 40 , when , after a pogrom against the Jews in Alexandria , he headed an ... Philo was prepared to answer the charge of disloyalty levelled against the Jews by the notorious anti- Semite Apion , a ...
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... Philo held that man is com- pletely free to act against all the laws of his own nature . In his ethical theory Philo described two virtues , under the heading of justice , that are otherwise unknown in Greek philosophic literature ...
... Philo held that man is com- pletely free to act against all the laws of his own nature . In his ethical theory Philo described two virtues , under the heading of justice , that are otherwise unknown in Greek philosophic literature ...
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