Elemente de introducere în opera exegetica a lui Filon din Alexandria
Introduction in the Exegetical Works of Philo

Summary/Abstract: Introduction in the Exegetical Works of Philo. Philo, usually known as Philo the Jew or Philo of Alexandria, lived from about 20 B.C. to about A.D. 50. He is one of the most important Jewish authors of the Second Temple period of Judaism and was a contemporary of both Jesus and Paul. Yet, Philo is not nearly as well known or frequently read as the first century A.D. Jewish historian Josephus. Part of the reason for the relative neglect of Philo has had to do with the general unvailability of a convenient Roumanian translation of Philo. Relatively little is known about Philo’s life. He lived his entire life in Alexandria, Egypt. Philo came from a proieminent and wealthy family, was well educated, and was a leader within the alexandrian jewish community. So far as is known, Philo visited the temple in Jerusalem only once in his lifetime.He was involved in the crisis in his community related to the pogrom initiated in A.D. 38 by the prefect Flaccus, during the reign of the Roman emperor Gaius Caligula.Philo’s account of these events is found in his two writings Flaccus and The Embassy to Gaius. Philo is significant for the understanding of first century A.D. Hellenistic Judaism. He is the main surviving literary figure of the Hellenized Judaism of the Second Temple period of ancient Judaism. Philo is critical for understanding many of the currents, themes, and interpretative traditions which existed in diaspora and hellenistic judaism. He confirms the multifaceted character of the Second Temple Judaism; it was certainly not a monolithic phenomenon. His opinons was most near to the christian thought reveled by Jesus and Paul.

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