Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae)

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Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae) is a philosophical and exegetical work by Philo of Alexandria that interprets the biblical Book of Genesis through a Platonic and allegorical lens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek literature ⓘ
biblical commentary ⓘ
exegetical work ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
aim to reconcile Mosaic law with Greek philosophy ⓘ
audience Greek-educated readers ⓘ
Hellenistic Jewish readers ⓘ
author Philo of Alexandria ⓘ
focusesOnText Genesis 2 ⓘ
Genesis 3 ⓘ
Genesis 4 ⓘ
genre religious philosophy ⓘ
scriptural commentary ⓘ
geographicalContext Alexandria ⓘ
influenced Christian biblical exegesis ⓘ
Patristic theology ⓘ
influencedBy Septuagint ⓘ
interpretsAsAllegory Abel ⓘ
Adam ⓘ
Cain ⓘ
Eve ⓘ
Garden of Eden ⓘ
serpent ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm allegorical commentary ⓘ
mainSubject Book of Genesis ⓘ
method allegorical exegesis ⓘ
philosophical exegesis ⓘ
partOf corpus of Philo of Alexandria ⓘ
period early 1st century CE ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence Middle Platonism ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
religiousContext Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
religiousTradition Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic Jews
scripturalBasis Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
titleInEnglish Allegorical Interpretation ⓘ
titleInLatin Legum Allegoriae ⓘ
treatsTheme creation ⓘ
human soul ⓘ
law of God ⓘ
passions ⓘ
reason ⓘ
vice ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
usesConcept Logos ⓘ
imago Dei ⓘ
workSeries Allegorical Commentary on the Law ⓘ

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Philo of Alexandria → notableWork → Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae) ⓘ
On the Creation (De opificio mundi) → relatedWork → Allegorical Interpretation (Philo) ⓘ
linked to: Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae)
Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae) → workSeries → Allegorical Commentary on the Law ⓘ
linked to: Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae)
Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae) → titleInEnglish → Allegorical Interpretation ⓘ
linked to: Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae)
On the Special Laws → relatedWork → Allegorical Commentary on Genesis ⓘ
linked to: Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae)
corpus of Philo of Alexandria → containsWork → Allegorical Interpretation (Legum allegoriae) ⓘ
linked to: Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae)
Legum Allegoriae → workSeries → Allegorical Commentary on Genesis ⓘ
linked to: Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae)