For For students of Philo, Hellenistic Judaism and the background of patristic exegesis; not for general readers.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
1 of 5specialist interest
For the researcher
4 of 5important
Difficulty
4 of 5hard
A scholarly introduction to Philo of Alexandria and his allegorical exegesis, the background to Clement and Origen.
How it proceeds
Philosophic4 of 5
Scriptural4 of 5
Experiential1 of 5
Sociological2 of 5
Historical4 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A study of the Jewish philosopher and exegete Philo of Alexandria, published by Fayard in Paris in 1958. Daniélou treats Philo's life, his place in Alexandrian Judaism, his allegorical reading of Scripture and his thought about God, and in doing so prepares the ground for his own work on the Christian Alexandrians, Clement and Origen, who learned their exegesis partly from Philo. The book was translated into English as Philo of Alexandria and published by Cascade Books (Wipf & Stock) in 2014.
