Philo of Alexandria. Winston, D. In The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, volume 1, pages 235–257. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000. ![Philo of Alexandria [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex Even though the Church Fathers know him as Philo Judaeus, modern scholars generally refer to him as Philo of Alexandria, to distinguish him from various pagan Greek authors of the same name. Philo's bolder philosophical reformulations of Jewish religious tradition are partially veiled by a haze of studied ambiguity. Although the understanding of Judaism reflected in Philo's works is mediated through biblical exegesis, there is much in his exposition that radically revises the traditional meaning of that sacred text despite continuous efforts on his part to disguise this fact. A philosopher's theory of creation inevitably reflects his fundamental approach to the nature of the real and thus provides a crucial key for the unlocking of his world view. This chapter discusses two types of mosaic prophecy: ecstatic and noetic. A brief phenomenological comparison of some of the mystical motifs in Philo and the great Sufi theosophist Ibn 'Arabi allows one to appreciate the dimensions of Philo's strong mystical tendencies.
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