Philo Judæus
A Hellenized Jew of Alexandria, and a very famous historian and writer; born about 30 B.C, died about 45 A.D. He ought thus to have been well acquainted with the greatest event of the 1st century of our era, and the facts about Jesus, his life, and the drama of the Crucifixion. And yet he is absolutely silent upon the subject, both in his careful enumeration of the then existing Sects and Brotherhoods in Palestine and in his accounts of the Jerusalem of his day. He was a great mystic and his works abound with metaphysics and noble ideas, while in esoteric knowledge he had no rival for several ages among the best writers. [ under “Philo Judæus” in the Glossary of the Key to Theosophy.] (TG).
The bibliography cites De specialibus legibus in the Loeb Classical Library and refers to pages 217-218 for discussion of Biblical Antiquities. (BCW 7:388).
Bibliographical references include: Questiones et solutiones in Genesin. Loeb Class. Library (BCW 11:586).
Some links:
- Quotes: H. P. Blavatsky, Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Филон Иудей
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