Filon din ALexandria. Despre Patriahii biblici
Philo of Alexandria. About Biblical Patriarchs

Summary/Abstract: The period between the II nd and the V th centuries AD, was a favorable period for the development of philosophy in Greek Diaspora, which was in a permanent contact with a lot of Greek currents. The one who has the merit of having made a syncretism between the Jewish thought and the Greek philosophy is the Jew Philo of Alexandria. He is the representative of the religious philosophy of the Greeks of Jewish origin in Alexandria, the exponent of a „widespread and appreciated philosophy among the Hellenistic Christians and the Jews of the first centuries.” His work is very extensive and of the 35 treaties that kept from Philo, 32 are biblical commentaries written for the Greek-speaking Jews in Egypt. In a very traditional manner, this work was divided into three sections: philosophical works, exegetical works and also apologetic and historical works. Up to now, very few of his works have been translated into the Romanian language and his dedicated and scaterred studies do not manage to systematize his whole work. On the other hand, information about the Biblical patriarchs is to be found not only in the Holy Scripture, but also in Philo’s works which give us/offer the vision of the Greeks’religious philosophy who came from the Jewish. That is why, the present essay/report proposes/has proposed to focus on the importance of Philo’s works regarding the Biblical patriarchs, giving us at the same time their complementary image along with that provided by the Holy Scripture.

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