{"product_id":"the-works-of-philo-complete-and-unabridged-new-updated-edition","title":"The Works of Philo: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated Edition","description":"While it would not be correct to say that Philos works have been \"lost\"scholars have always known and used Philothey have essentially been \"misplaced\" as far as the average student of the Bible is concerned. Now the translation of the eminent classicist C. D. Yonge is available in an affordable  easy-to-read edition  with a new foreword and newly translated passages  and containing supposed fragments of Philos writings from ancient authors such as John of Damascus. The title and arrangement of the writings have been standardized according to scholarly conventions. A contemporary of Paul and Jesus  Philo Judaeus  of Alexandria  Egypt  is unquestionably among the most important writers for historians and students of Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity. Although Philo does not explicitly mention Jesus  or Paul  or any of the followers of Jesus  Philo lived in their world. It is from Philo  for example  that we learn about how  like the Gospel of John  Jews (and Greeks) in the Greco-Roman world spoke of the creative force of God as Gods Logos. Philo  too  employs interpretive strategies that parallel those of the author of Hebrews. Most scholars would agree that Philo and the author of Hebrews are drawing from the same  or at least similar  traditions of Hellenistic Judaism. With these kind of connections to the world of Judaism and early Christianity  Philo cannot be ignored.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44915408502837,"sku":"ByrdShop_0943575931","price":30.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0943575931.jpg?v=1768300356","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-works-of-philo-complete-and-unabridged-new-updated-edition","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}