The Works of Philo: Complete & Unabridged

Philo was a contemporary of Jesus and Paul wrote extensively on the Hebrew Scriptures and other Jewish topics, but few have read his work because all available sets were pricey. This edition features modern type, passages keyed to the Loeb referencing system, and several newly translated sections not found in other editions C. D. Yonge (1812-1892), a noted classicist and author of more than thirty-five works, studied classics at St. Mary Hall, Oxford. A professor of modern history and English literature at Queen's College, Belfast, from 1866 until the time of his death, Yonge also compiled a Greek-English lexicon. The present translation of the works of Philo first appeared in 1854-1855 in 4 volumes in Bohn's Ecclesiastical Library.Philo of Alexandria (circa 20 BC- 50 AD), also called Philo Judaeus, was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, Egypt. The epitome of Philo’s religious exegesis is one of skillfully weaving together the Jewish scriptures into allegories th