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.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21220/s2-z3s4-4548
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://doi.org/10.21220/s2-z3s4-4548.