Abstract
Philo of Alexandria is a thinker who defies taxonomy. The taxonomists in religious studies class him as a “Jewish philosopher,” implying that both his Judaism and his philosophy are paramount to his identity, yet his “philosophy” seems almost non-rational, and his Judaism non-traditional at best. I suggest that the best way to understand Philo’s writings and motivations is to loosen the modern attempt at classification and try to apprehend him on his own terms.
Recommended Citation
Hendrickson, Ryan. "Philo of Alexandria and the Vocabulary of Belief." Journal of Textual Reasoning Old Series: Vol. 9, No. 1 (2000): 6-14. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/jtr/vol0/iss9/3